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Legal Aid Scheme

Commons · Question 110624 · Tabled 3 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Justice · Official record

Answered 11 Feb 2026

Question

Asked by Zöe Franklin

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken to monitor and evaluate the adequacy of Legal Aid funding awarded under the Schedule 1 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.

Answer

Answered by Sarah Sackman, 11 Feb 2026

Schedule 1 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO) describes the civil services in scope of legal aid under s.9 LASPO.In January 2023, the Ministry of Justice launched a comprehensive Review of Civil Legal Aid (RoCLA), to...