Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Legal Aid Agency's guidance entitled Housing loss prevention advice service: guidance for service providers, published on 1 August 2023, how many early legal advice claim forms submitted to his Department between 1 August 2023 and 11 December 2023 have been completed by the outcome codes listed in Annex 2.

Volume and value of HLPAS matters forms are published as part of the Legal Aid Agency’s official statistics. The first release of official data is scheduled for 21 December.

The figures will be in table 1.2. The breakdown for starts/completions by type of work etc. will be in the underlying Legal aid statistics data files.

The releases will then follow the publication cycle of quarterly updates and an annual release covering provider level breakdowns. The annual release is published in June of each year.