Legal Aid Scheme
Commons · Question 110924 · Tabled 4 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 13 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by Nick Timothy
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to Answer of 22 December 2025 to Question 100065 on Legal Aid Scheme, how many legal aid providers have left the market in total since 23 April 2025.
Answer
Answered by Sarah Sackman, 13 Feb 2026
Since April 2025 there has been a net increase to the number of providers contracted to deliver legal aid services. The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) publishes data about provider numbers as part of its official statistics (table 9.6). Data for the period April ...