Written questions

Legal Aid Scheme: Asylum

Commons · Question 40616 · Tabled 24 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record

Answered 1 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Lee Anderson

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total cost was of providing legal aid to asylum seekers in the last year.

Answer

Answered by Alex Davies-Jones, 1 Apr 2025

Expenditure data for asylum seekers across all legal aid schemes is not held centrally.The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) does, however, publish information regarding legal aid expenditure as part of its official statistics on a quarterly basis, including the cos...