Legal Aid Scheme: Wales
(asked on 17th November 2014) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for legal aid the Director of Legal Aid Casework has (a) granted and (b) refused for adoption cases in (i) Wales and (ii) Newport East constituency.
This question was answered on 13th January 2015
In the financial year 2013/14, there were 449 applications for Legal Aid funding for adoption proceedings in Wales. Of these, 439 have been granted, and none have been refused to date. None of these applications were received from the constituency of Newport East.
In determining this response, location has been determined according to the location of the office of the provider of Legal Aid.