Legal Aid Scheme: Asylum
(asked on 9th June 2020) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many civil legal aid claims for asylum appeal cases exceeded the escape fee from legal aid providers in (a) London and (b) England and Wales.
This question was answered on 15th June 2020
FINANCIAL YEAR | LONDON ESCAPE CLAIMS | ALL ESCAPE CLAIMS |
2016-17 | 415 | 469 |
2017-18 | 462 | 507 |
2018-19 | 528 | 600 |
2019-20* | 347 | 404 |
*Please note: The figures for the year 2019-20 covers only the months April to December 2019.