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Legal aid statistics

These reports present the key statistics on activity in the legal aid system for England and Wales.

From:
Ministry of Justice and Legal Aid Agency
Published
9 September 2013
Last updated
26 June 2025 — See all updates

The reports include statistics on:

  • Criminal legal aid
  • Civil legal aid
  • Central Funds
  • Providers of legal aid
  • Client diversity
  • Criminal legal aid data share

Following discussions with the Chief Statistician, we will not be publishing Legal Aid statistics in September.  This is due to insufficient data availability following the cyber security incident which has led to necessary changes in systems used for processing legal aid claims data. 

We are working hard to ensure consistent data series can be derived from these new systems for future publication and will keep users updated through the publications portal.

The LAA has put in place contingency plans to ensure that those in need of legal support can continue to access the help that they need and that those providing vital legal services can be confident they will continue to receive payments during this time.

Further information and updates can be found on the LAA’s dedicated cyber security incident webpage

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Published 9 September 2013
Last updated 26 June 2025 show all updates

  1. Legal aid statistics quarterly: January to March 2025 edition added

  2. Legal aid statistics quarterly: October to December 2024 edition added

  3. Legal aid statistics quarterly: July to September 2024 edition added

  4. Legal aid statistics quarterly: April to June 2024 edition added

  5. Legal aid statistics: January to March 2024 edition added

  6. Legal aid statistics quarterly: October to December 2023 edition added

  7. Legal aid statistics: July to September 2023 edition added

  8. Legal aid statistics: April to June 2023 edition added

  9. Legal aid statistics: January to March 2023 edition added

  10. Legal aid statistics quarterly: October to December 2022 edition added

  11. Legal aid statistics: July to September 2022 edition added

  12. Legal aid statistics quarterly: April to June 2022 edition added

  13. Legal aid statistics: January to March 2022 edition added

  14. Legal aid statistics quarterly: October to December 2021 edition added

  15. Legal aid statistics: July to September 2021 edition added

  16. Legal aid statistics quarterly: April to June 2021 edition added

  17. Legal aid statistics quarterly: April to June 2021 edition added

  18. Legal aid statistics: January to March 2021 edition added

  19. Legal aid statistics quarterly: October to December 2020 edition added

  20. Legal aid statistics quarterly: July to September 2020 edition added

  21. Legal aid statistics quarterly: April to June 2020 edition added

  22. Legal aid statistics: January to March 2020 edition added

  23. Legal aid statistics quarterly: October to December 2019 edition added

  24. Legal aid statistics quarterly: July to September 2019 edition added

  25. Legal aid statistics: April to June 2019 edition added

  26. Legal aid statistics: January to March 2019 edition added

  27. Statistical notice added

  28. Legal aid statistics: October to December 2018 edition added

  29. Legal aid statistics: July to September 2018 edition added

  30. Legal aid statistics: April to June 2018 edition added

  31. Legal aid statistics: January to March 2018 edition added

  32. Jan to March 2016 quarterly statistics added.

  33. Latest legal aid statistics added.

  34. Legal aid statistics: January to March 2015

  35. Legal aid statistics: October to December 2014 published A guide to legal aid statistics in England and Wales published

  36. Legal aid statistics for July 2014 to September 2014 published.

  37. Statistical notice added for next legal aid statistics quarterly

  38. Official statistics for Exceptional Case Funding have been removed. These can now be found in the legal aid statistics bulletins. These official statistics supersede any previously released management information.

  39. Legal aid statistics for April to June 2014 published.

  40. Statistical notices published for the next future publications

  41. Latest stats from April 2013 to March 2014 added.

  42. Exceptional Case Funding statistics for April 2013 to December 2013 published.

  43. Latest legal aid statistics added.

  44. Added a new publication - Exceptional Case Funding in Legal Aid Statistics

  45. First published.

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