Written questions

Legal Aid Scheme: Expenditure

Commons · Question 67451 · Tabled 14 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record

Answered 22 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by Lee Anderson

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to the public purse was of legal aid in each of the last five years.

Answer

Answered by Sarah Sackman, 22 Jul 2025

Legal aid expenditure since 2010 is published as part of the Legal Aid Agency’s official statistics. The most recent publication can be viewed here [see table 1.0] and includes expenditure up to 31 March 2025.Information about legal aid expenditure in res...