Lord Chancellor written question – answered at on 19 December 2001.
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many full legal aid practitioners there were in (a) private practice and (b) not for profit contracts in (i) 1999–2000 and (ii) 2000–01, broken down into (A) housing, (B) immigration, (C) employment, (D) welfare benefits, (E) education, (F) community care and (G) mental health.
The number of solicitor contractors by category of law at the end of March 2000 and March 2001, was as follows:
Category | 2000 | 2001 |
---|---|---|
Housing | 733 | 673 |
Immigration | 419 | 482 |
Employment | 342 | 300 |
Welfare benefits | 451 | 391 |
Education | 31 | 40 |
Community care | 25 | 38 |
Mental Health | 322 | 349 |
The number of not-for-profit contractors by category of law at the end of March 2000 and March 2001, was as follows:
Category | 2000 | 2001 |
---|---|---|
Housing | 113 | 115 |
Immigration | 63 | 66 |
Employment | 67 | 73 |
Welfare benefits | 226 | 245 |
Education | 4 | 4 |
Community care | 3 | 0 |
Mental Health | 10 | 6 |
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