Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many solicitors (a) firms and (b) organisations provide (i) legal help, (ii) family help (lower form), (iii) family help (higher) and (iv) legal representation in each local authority area as at 1 December 2018.
The Legal Aid Agency maps legal aid provision by Procurement Area rather than by Local Authority. A list of solicitor firms who can provide legal aid in civil law, broken down by address, is published at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/directory-of-legal-aid-providers.
Information on the number of applications made for legal aid in special guardianship proceedings and the associated outcomes could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.