Tag: Michael McCann

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Michael McCann on 2014-06-04.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in how many cases against his Department funded by legal aid public interest lawyers have represented clients in each of the last 10 years.

Mike Penning

The Department does not centrally record information about the identity of claimants’ representatives or information relating to claimants’ funding arrangements. This information could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Michael McCann on 2014-06-04.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much public interest lawyers have received in legal aid for cases against the Department for Work and Pensions in each of the last 10 years.

Mr Shailesh Vara

The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) cannot separately identify legal aid cases against the Department for Work and Pensions, the Ministry of Defence and the Home Office. Opponents are not systematically recorded against Legal Aid cases.

The net payments to Public Interest Lawyers over the past ten tears were:

Financial Year	Net Payments
FY2003-2004	£139,620.72
FY2004-2005	£158,282.52
FY2005-2006	£251,844.27
FY2006-2007	£299,667.99
FY2007-2008	£577,263.60
FY2008-2009	£628,527.75
FY2009-2010	£267,433.88
FY2010-2011	£439,268.02
FY2011-2012	£331,238.85
FY2012-2013	£50,633.27

These payments cover all work undertaken by the firm under legal aid. The payments made will be offset by recoupment on successful cases where the opponent has paid the costs.