Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many civil legal aid offices with a civil legal aid contract started less than 10 cases by each (a) local authority and (b) area of law in the (i) 2022-23, (ii) 2023-24 and (iii) 2024-25 financial year.

Regarding the number of civil offices starting zero cases, I refer the honourable Member to the answer I gave on 11 March to Question 35876.

The number of civil legal aid offices with a civil legal aid contract which started fewer than 10 cases can be found in the attached table.