Justice written question – answered at on 16 September 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the legal aid budget was in respect of (a) criminal case legal aid and (b) family and social welfare legal aid in each of the last three years.
There is no separate budget for criminal cases and family and social welfare law; funding forms part of the Department's overall departmental expenditure limit.
Legal aid expenditure on criminal matters, family and social welfare law during each of the past three years for which the Legal Services Commission's accounts have been published are provided in the following table, in cash terms.
£ million | |||
Criminal matters | Family | Social welfare | |
2006-07 | 1,171 | 549 | 108 |
2007-08 | 1,179 | 583 | 106 |
2008-09 | 1,187 | 624 | 123 |
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