Family Proceedings: Legal Aid Scheme
Commons · Question 93549 · Tabled 21 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Ben Coleman
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the current fee levels for family legal aid on the retention and recruitment of legal practitioners undertaking work in private law (a) children
Answer
Answered by Sarah Sackman, 4 Dec 2025
It is vital that those who need legal aid - including some of the most vulnerable people in society - can access it wherever they live.Between January 2023 and March 2025, the Ministry of Justice undertook a comprehensive Review of Civil Legal Aid (RoCLA)...