Family Proceedings: Legal Aid Scheme
Commons · Question 77882 · Tabled 16 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 14 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Anna Dixon
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing payment rates for legal aid in family law cases, in the context of his Department's decision to uplift the rates paid for all housing and immigr
Answer
Answered by Sarah Sackman, 14 Oct 2025
This Government is committed to ensuring the long-term sustainability of civil legal aid, including family legal aid, and we are keen to work closely with practitioners and their representative bodies to look at how best we can address this.Between Januar...