Select Committee · Public Accounts Committee

Ministry of Justice follow-up: Autumn 2025

Status: Open Opened: 10 Jul 2025 16 recommendations 11 conclusions 1 report

The Public Accounts Committee will be following up recent scrutiny with the Ministry of Justice in autumn 2025, on various topics. The PAC’s 2024 report into legal aid expressed deep concerns about MoJ’s and the Legal Aid Agency’s lack of curiosity on the impact of decreasing numbers of providers on people’s access to legal aid, …

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
59th Report - Ministry of Justice follow-up: Autumn 2025 HC 1240 7 Jan 2026 27 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item
15 Conclusion 59th Report - Ministry of Justice follo… Accepted in Part

LAA acknowledges persistent legal aid gaps in housing and debt, with flawed capacity assessments.

LAA did, however, acknowledge that there are still gaps in securing sufficient provision of legal aid across the country, particularly for housing and debt advice.30 MoJ explained that LAA is currently meeting its standard of ensuring there is at least one provider for the different types of legal aid (five …

Government response. The Government is taking steps to support these sectors with uplifts for controlled immigration & asylum and housing and debt legal aid work and secured outreach provision in eight of the 21 areas with a further six outreach offers currently …
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Oral evidence sessions

1 session
Date Witnesses
23 Oct 2025 Adrian Hannell · Ministry of Justice, Dr Jo Farrar CB OBE · Ministry of Justice, Gemma Hewison · Ministry of Justice, Jane Harbottle · Legal Aid Agency, Jim Barton · HM Prisons and Probation Service View ↗

Correspondence

6 letters
DateDirectionTitle
12 Mar 2026 To cttee Letter from the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Justice relating to reco…
8 Jan 2026 To cttee Letter from the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Justice relating to Mini…
17 Nov 2025 To cttee Letter from the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Justice relating to the …
17 Nov 2025 To cttee Letter from the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Justice relating to the …
28 Oct 2025 To cttee Letter from the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Justice and associated p…
17 Jul 2025 From cttee Letter to the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Justice relating to the fo…