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Legal Aid Scheme: Foreign Nationals

Asked by Lee AndersonReform UKMinistry of JusticeTabled Answered 2 March 2026UIN 114257

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if his Department will provide an estimate of the total cost of legal aid for foreign nationals in the last 5 years.

Answered by Sarah Sackman

This information requested is not held centrally.

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