Legal Aid Scheme: Foreign Nationals
Commons · Question 2893 · Tabled 30 Aug 2024 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 10 Sep 2024
Question
Asked by Mary Glindon
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information her Department holds on the number of foreign nationals living overseas who were in receipt of (a) non-means and (b) non-merits tested legal aid in 2023.
Answer
Answered by Heidi Alexander, 10 Sep 2024
This information requested is not held centrally.In making decisions about who qualifies for legal aid, the Legal Aid Agency must apply the provisions of the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012, and any regulations made under that Ac...