Justice written question – answered at on 3 February 2014.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many students in receipt of legal aid had their payments (a) reduced or (b) halted as a result of also receiving childcare grants since changes made under the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.
The Legal Aid Agency does not record whether recipients of legal aid are students. In the consideration of legal aid eligibility, the agency assesses a person’s overall financial circumstances. I am therefore unable to provide the figures requested.
At around £2 billion a year, we have one of the most expensive legal aid systems in the world. We are reforming legal aid so it remains available to those that need it most while getting better value for the hard-working taxpayers that fund it.
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