Asylum: Legal Aid Scheme
(asked on 14th March 2023) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the value of legal aid expenditure available to support asylum applications from individuals from (1) Hong Kong, (2) Ukraine, and (3) Afghanistan, over the past 12 months.
This question was answered on 28th March 2023
Funding for legal aid is on a demand led basis, the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) does not have a specific budget allocation for delivery of legal aid services in relation to specific categories of law.
Statistical data is not centrally held regarding legal expenditure provided to individuals from the specified countries.