Family Proceedings: Legal Aid Scheme
Commons · Question 93550 · 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 steps his Department is taking to ensure that fee levels for family legal aid are sufficient to maintain a (a) sustainable and (b) geographically accessible network of providers.
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)...