Guidance

Legal Aid Agency payments to providers

Check dates for processing (crime and civil) and planned BACS payments, get financial statements, switch to variable monthly payments.

Published 1 June 2014
Last updated 7 December 2017 — see all updates

• From: Legal Aid Agency

• Applies to: England and Wales

Management information online service

Using the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) MI online service, you can access, download and print financial statements from your own office or from the whole firm.

This service is only available if you’re signed up to use to LAA online.

Provider Statement of Account

The PSOA gives you a summary document of all account transactions.

PSOA delivery date	Period covered
08 December 2017	02 November - 29 November 2017
12 January 2018	30 November - 03 January 2018
09 February 2018	04 January - 31 January 2018
09 March 2018	01 February - 28 February 2018
06 April 2018	01 March - 28 March 2018
04 May 2018	29 March - 25 April 2018
08 June 2018	26 April - 30 May 2018
06 July 2018	31 May - 27 June 2018
03 August 2018	28 June - 25 July 2018
07 September 2018	26 July - 29 August 2018
05 October 2018	30 August - 26 September 2018
09 November 2018	27 September - 31 October 2018
07 December 2018	01 November - 28 November 2018
11 January 2019	29 November - 26 December 2018
08 February 2019	27 December - 30 January 2019
08 March 2019	31 January - 27 February 2019
05 April 2019	28 February - 27 March 2019
03 May 2019	28 March - 24 April 2019

BACS payments

Once your bill is ready for payment, it might take up to 8 working days for the money to reach your account if you’re paid by BACS.

Help us process claims more quickly by waiting 8 days before contacting our customer services team about payments.

You’ll normally receive remittance advice on the payment date, unless there are problems with the postal system.

We make contract payments in the first week of the month (payment 1).

Note: the payment date stated on remittance advice slips will appear as 3 working days before you receive funds, due to additional processing time.

Monthly payment dates 2017 to 2018

Monthly payment 1	Monthly payment 2	Monthly payment 3	Monthly payment 4	Monthly payment 5
04 Dec	11 Dec	18 Dec	27 Dec	n/a
02 Jan	08 Jan	15 Jan	22 Jan	29 Jan
05 Feb	12 Feb	19 Feb	26 Feb	n/a
05 March	12 Mar	19 Mar	26 Mar	n/a
04 Apr	09 Apr	16 Apr	23 Apr	30 Apr
08 May	14 May	21 May	29 May	n/a

Monthly LAA payment process

PDF, 144KB, 4 pages

Variable monthly payments guidance

You can choose variable monthly payments if you provide civil (legal help) and crime (lower) work.

Guidance on LAA variable monthly payments scheme

PDF, 417KB, 10 pages

Switch to the LAA variable monthly payments scheme (MS Word Document, 33KB)

Civil processing

Check LAA timescales and targets for processing applications for civil legal aid funding.

Crime processing

Check LAA timescales and targets for processing applications for criminal legal aid funding.

Update your details

Note: we hold your details in a database.

Send any changes to your details in writing to:

Provider Records
6th Floor (Postal Point 6:52)
102 Petty France
London
SW1H 9AJ

DX: 161440

Email: ProviderRecords-London@legalaid.gsi.gov.uk

Published 1 June 2014
Last updated 7 December 2017 + show all updates

1. 7 December 2017 Monthly payments dates updated.
2. 21 February 2017 Dates updated.
3. 30 November 2016 Monthly BACS payment dates updated.
4. 24 March 2016 Provider payment dates updated.
5. 7 December 2015 Monthly payment dates updated.
6. 3 February 2015 New monthly payment dates added
7. 8 January 2015 New provider statement of account dates added
8. 1 June 2014 First published.