Form

CIV MEANS 2: financial assessment form for legal aid clients

Means assessment form for people on Income Support or employment benefits who want to apply for legal aid.

• From: Legal Aid Agency
• Published: 8 April 2014
• Last updated: 3 February 2025
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  1. 3 February 2025

     Published new version with updated privacy notice.

  2. 3 August 2023

     Updated the CIV Means 2 guidance for phase 1 of the Means Test Review.

  3. 13 July 2022

     Published new version with updated privacy notice.

  4. 24 November 2021

     Published new version with updated privacy notice.

  5. 28 January 2021

     Published updated CIV MEANS 2 Guidance to reflect legislation changes to civil eligibility, including additional disregards and the removal of the mortgage cap.

  6. 23 December 2020

     Published new version with updated privacy notice. These changes are part of our preparations for exiting the European Union once the transition period ends on 31 December 2020.

  7. 24 May 2018

     An update to our privacy notices. These changes are part of our preparations for new data protection legislation (GDPR) which comes into force on 25 May 2018.

  8. 8 April 2014

     First published.

Applies to England and Wales

Documents

CIV MEANS 2: client in receipt of a passported benefit

PDF, 291 KB, 17 pages

CIV MEANS 2: guidance

PDF, 164 KB, 9 pages

Details

You should fill in these forms if you’re on:

• Income Support
• income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance
• income-related Employment and Support Allowance
• Guarantee Credit or Universal Credit (Pathfinder)

These are known as ‘passporting benefits’.