Legal Aid Scheme: Asylum
Commons · Question 89994 · Tabled 11 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Rupert Lowe
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much from the public purse has been spent by the Legal Aid Agency on (a) legal representation and (b) pre-action work challenging removals under the one-in, one-out migrant returns policy since 1 July 2025.
Answer
Answered by Sarah Sackman, 19 Nov 2025
Information relating to legal aid expenditure challenging removals under the one-in one-out pilot is not centrally held. Although legal aid expenditure broken down by category is published on a quarterly basis as part of the Legal Aid Agency’s Official St...