Asked by: Michael McCann (Labour - East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much public interest lawyers have received in legal aid for cases against the Minstry of Defence in each of the last 10 years.
Answered by Shailesh Vara
The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) cannot separately identify legal aid cases against the Department for Work and Pensions, the Ministry of Defence and the Home Office. Opponents are not systematically recorded against Legal Aid cases.
The net payments to Public Interest Lawyers over the past ten tears were:
Financial Year | Net Payments |
FY2003-2004 | £139,620.72 |
FY2004-2005 | £158,282.52 |
FY2005-2006 | £251,844.27 |
FY2006-2007 | £299,667.99 |
FY2007-2008 | £577,263.60 |
FY2008-2009 | £628,527.75 |
FY2009-2010 | £267,433.88 |
FY2010-2011 | £439,268.02 |
FY2011-2012 | £331,238.85 |
FY2012-2013 | £50,633.27 |
These payments cover all work undertaken by the firm under legal aid. The payments made will be offset by recoupment on successful cases where the opponent has paid the costs.
Asked by: Michael McCann (Labour - East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much public interest lawyers have received in legal aid for cases against the Home Office in each of the last 10 years.
Answered by Shailesh Vara
The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) cannot separately identify legal aid cases against the Department for Work and Pensions, the Ministry of Defence and the Home Office. Opponents are not systematically recorded against Legal Aid cases.
The net payments to Public Interest Lawyers over the past ten tears were:
Financial Year | Net Payments |
FY2003-2004 | £139,620.72 |
FY2004-2005 | £158,282.52 |
FY2005-2006 | £251,844.27 |
FY2006-2007 | £299,667.99 |
FY2007-2008 | £577,263.60 |
FY2008-2009 | £628,527.75 |
FY2009-2010 | £267,433.88 |
FY2010-2011 | £439,268.02 |
FY2011-2012 | £331,238.85 |
FY2012-2013 | £50,633.27 |
These payments cover all work undertaken by the firm under legal aid. The payments made will be offset by recoupment on successful cases where the opponent has paid the costs.
Asked by: Michael McCann (Labour - East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases against the Department for Work and Pensions were funded by legal aid in each of the last 10 years.
Answered by Shailesh Vara
The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) cannot separately identify legal aid cases against the Department for Work and Pensions, the Ministry of Defence and the Home Office. Opponents are not systematically recorded against Legal Aid cases.
The net payments to Public Interest Lawyers over the past ten tears were:
Financial Year | Net Payments |
FY2003-2004 | £139,620.72 |
FY2004-2005 | £158,282.52 |
FY2005-2006 | £251,844.27 |
FY2006-2007 | £299,667.99 |
FY2007-2008 | £577,263.60 |
FY2008-2009 | £628,527.75 |
FY2009-2010 | £267,433.88 |
FY2010-2011 | £439,268.02 |
FY2011-2012 | £331,238.85 |
FY2012-2013 | £50,633.27 |
These payments cover all work undertaken by the firm under legal aid. The payments made will be offset by recoupment on successful cases where the opponent has paid the costs.
Asked by: Michael McCann (Labour - East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases against the Ministry of Defence were funded by legal aid in each of the last 10 years.
Answered by Shailesh Vara
The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) cannot separately identify legal aid cases against the Department for Work and Pensions, the Ministry of Defence and the Home Office. Opponents are not systematically recorded against Legal Aid cases.
The net payments to Public Interest Lawyers over the past ten tears were:
Financial Year | Net Payments |
FY2003-2004 | £139,620.72 |
FY2004-2005 | £158,282.52 |
FY2005-2006 | £251,844.27 |
FY2006-2007 | £299,667.99 |
FY2007-2008 | £577,263.60 |
FY2008-2009 | £628,527.75 |
FY2009-2010 | £267,433.88 |
FY2010-2011 | £439,268.02 |
FY2011-2012 | £331,238.85 |
FY2012-2013 | £50,633.27 |
These payments cover all work undertaken by the firm under legal aid. The payments made will be offset by recoupment on successful cases where the opponent has paid the costs.
Asked by: Michael McCann (Labour - East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases against the Home Office were funded by legal aid in each of the last 10 years.
Answered by Shailesh Vara
The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) cannot separately identify legal aid cases against the Department for Work and Pensions, the Ministry of Defence and the Home Office. Opponents are not systematically recorded against Legal Aid cases.
The net payments to Public Interest Lawyers over the past ten tears were:
Financial Year | Net Payments |
FY2003-2004 | £139,620.72 |
FY2004-2005 | £158,282.52 |
FY2005-2006 | £251,844.27 |
FY2006-2007 | £299,667.99 |
FY2007-2008 | £577,263.60 |
FY2008-2009 | £628,527.75 |
FY2009-2010 | £267,433.88 |
FY2010-2011 | £439,268.02 |
FY2011-2012 | £331,238.85 |
FY2012-2013 | £50,633.27 |
These payments cover all work undertaken by the firm under legal aid. The payments made will be offset by recoupment on successful cases where the opponent has paid the costs.
Asked by: Michael McCann (Labour - East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much public interest lawyers have received in legal aid for cases against the Department for Work and Pensions in each of the last 10 years.
Answered by Shailesh Vara
The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) cannot separately identify legal aid cases against the Department for Work and Pensions, the Ministry of Defence and the Home Office. Opponents are not systematically recorded against Legal Aid cases.
The net payments to Public Interest Lawyers over the past ten tears were:
Financial Year | Net Payments |
FY2003-2004 | £139,620.72 |
FY2004-2005 | £158,282.52 |
FY2005-2006 | £251,844.27 |
FY2006-2007 | £299,667.99 |
FY2007-2008 | £577,263.60 |
FY2008-2009 | £628,527.75 |
FY2009-2010 | £267,433.88 |
FY2010-2011 | £439,268.02 |
FY2011-2012 | £331,238.85 |
FY2012-2013 | £50,633.27 |
These payments cover all work undertaken by the firm under legal aid. The payments made will be offset by recoupment on successful cases where the opponent has paid the costs.