Written question asked by Mary Creagh (Labour) on Friday, 11 March 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 16 March 2016 (named day). It was answered by Shailesh Vara (Conservative) on Wednesday, 16 March 2016 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.
HMP Wakefield: Legal Aid Scheme
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many inmates of Wakefield prison have been granted legal aid to pursue civil action in each of the last five years.
- Answer
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The information requested is not held centrally. The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) does not identify or record in its databases whether civil legal aid applicants are prisoners as this does not affect eligibility for legal aid funding.
Information on how much in legal aid was granted to prison inmates within the prison law category of criminal legal aid in each of the last five years is published by the Ministry of Justice as part of the Legal aid statistics at the following link on the gov.uk website.
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/legal-aid-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2015
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 30827
- Session
- 2015-16
- Grouped for answer
- Yes
- Subjects
- Legal aid scheme Prisoners HMP Wakefield
- Contains statistics
- Yes
- Link
- View this Written question on www.parliament.uk
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