Justice written question – answered at on 12 December 2013.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what impact assessment his Department has carried out to determine the effect of changes to legal aid on people in the process of (a) applying for asylum, (b) reapplying for asylum and (c) applying for support under section 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.
As part of our consultation “Transforming Legal Aid: Next Steps” we have published an impact assessment which is available at:
https://consult.justice.gov.uk/digital-communications/transforming-legal-aid-next-steps/consult_view
Impact assessments produced at the time of royal assent to LASPO can be found at:
http://www.justice.gov.uk/legislation/bills-and-acts/acts/legal-aid-and-sentencing-act/laspo-background-information
The Government will be undertaking a post-implementation review of the legal aid provisions within LASPO in three to five years’ time, which will also include a review of the civil legal aid proposals that are taken forward as part of Transforming Legal Aid.
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