To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many legal aid providers there were in each region of England and Wales in each year since 2010.
This answer is the replacement for a previous holding answer.
Answered on
21 November 2018
LAA Regional Office | 31st March 2010 | 31st March 2011 | 31st March 2012 | 31st March 2013 | 31st March 2014 | 31st March 2015 | 31st March 2016 | 31st March 2017 | 31st March 2018 | 31st October 2018 |
Birmingham | 408 | 426 | 394 | 401 | 380 | 363 | 357 | 337 | 353 | 363 |
Brighton | 269 | 280 | 261 | 255 | 239 | 233 | 219 | 212 | 207 | 212 |
Bristol | 440 | 418 | 372 | 371 | 327 | 323 | 306 | 284 | 279 | 273 |
Cambridge | 378 | 420 | 381 | 365 | 326 | 332 | 302 | 289 | 294 | 280 |
Cardiff | 330 | 363 | 357 | 357 | 336 | 328 | 298 | 283 | 283 | 270 |
Leeds | 409 | 425 | 400 | 392 | 391 | 393 | 389 | 371 | 382 | 395 |
Liverpool | 118 | 130 | 118 | 115 | 114 | 113 | 106 | 101 | 100 | 102 |
London | 859 | 939 | 917 | 907 | 937 | 898 | 864 | 805 | 811 | 841 |
Manchester | 495 | 543 | 500 | 479 | 460 | 449 | 422 | 392 | 397 | 386 |
Newcastle | 245 | 265 | 242 | 234 | 226 | 225 | 209 | 197 | 189 | 189 |
Nottingham | 293 | 313 | 276 | 271 | 268 | 267 | 258 | 237 | 243 | 235 |
Reading | 241 | 265 | 251 | 244 | 219 | 219 | 211 | 200 | 198 | 194 |
Grand Total | 4,485 | 4,787 | 4,469 | 4,391 | 4,223 | 4,143 | 3,941 | 3,708 | 3,736 | 3,740 |