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Legal Aid Scheme: Asylum

Asked by Lewis CockingConservativeMinistry of JusticeTabled Answered 8 September 2025UIN 72789

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to the public purse was of providing legal aid to asylum seekers charged with criminal offences in the UK in the last year.

Answered by Sarah Sackman

Expenditure data for asylum seekers across all legal aid schemes is not held centrally.

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