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59th Report - Ministry of Justice follow-up: Autumn 2025
Public Accounts Committee
HC 1240
Published 7 January 2026
Conclusions (1)
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Conclusion
Accepted in Part
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 Summary
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 being assessed and will report back to the Committee in Autumn 2026 on insight-led action to take forward.