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| £ million |
| Financial year | Merseyside | London | North West | North East | East Midlands |
|
2001-02
|
81.1
|
177.5
|
90.9
|
35.9
|
64.0
|
|
2002-03
|
69.3
|
189.9
|
84.1
|
28.2
|
48.7
|
|
2003-04
|
67.5
|
196.7
|
78.7
|
30.7
|
45.7
|
|
2004-05
|
66.3
|
187.1
|
71.3
|
41.9
|
38.6
|
|
2005-06
|
75.3
|
214.2
|
70.3
|
63.7
|
41.8
|
| Legal aid expenditure on legal help work in civil matters by location of the legal service supplier. This is work that is not carried out under a legal aid certificate and does not include representation at court |
| £ million |
| Financial year | West Midlands | South East | South West | Eastern | Wales | Yorkshire and Humberside |
|
2001-02
|
16.8
|
15.4
|
10.8
|
12.0
|
8.6
|
15.0
|
|
2002-03
|
21.0
|
19.4
|
13.8
|
15.1
|
10.9
|
19.6
|
|
2003-04
|
26.9
|
22.3
|
16.7
|
17.3
|
12.3
|
23.1
|
|
2004-05
|
25.2
|
21.4
|
15.4
|
25.4
|
11.9
|
20.6
|
|
2005-06
|
22.1
|
17.3
|
15.3
|
23.3
|
11.2
|
17.8
|
| £ million |
| Financial year | Merseyside | London | North West | North East | East Midlands |
|
2001-02
|
8.9
|
122.0
|
17.1
|
9.8
|
13.1
|
|
2002-03
|
10.2
|
156.8
|
21.3
|
13.5
|
17.3
|
|
2003-04
|
10.2
|
178.7
|
24.1
|
17.1
|
19.2
|
|
2004-05
|
10.1
|
141.8
|
23.6
|
16.4
|
15.6
|
|
2005-06
|
10.3
|
89.3
|
21.1
|
12.8
|
13.8
|
Simon Hughes:
To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice how many people received legal aid in each region in each of the last five years. [142704]
Vera Baird:
The following tables show the information requested.
| N umber of defendants represented in proceedings in the Crown court by Circuit in cases where legal aid is administrated by the court |
| Financial year | Midland and Oxford | Northern | North East | South East | Western | Wales and Chester |
|
2001-02
|
26,000
|
23,000
|
22,000
|
49,000
|
13,000
|
9,000
|
|
2002-03
|
28,000
|
23,000
|
21,000
|
50,000
|
13,000
|
10,000
|
|
2003-04
|
31,000
|
23,000
|
21,000
|
49,000
|
14,000
|
10,000
|
|
2004-05
|
29,000
|
23,000
|
22,000
|
50,000
|
14,000
|
10,000
|
|
2005-06
|
29,000
|
23,000
|
22,000
|
52,000
|
14,000
|
10,000
|
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| N umber of defendants represented in proceedings in the Crown court where the instructed solicitor firm was acting under a high cost case contract with the LSC (cases expected to last more than 40 days) based on the location of the legal service provider within LSC regions |
| Financial y ear | West Midlands | South East | South Western | Eastern | Wales | Yorkshire and Humberside |
|
2001-02
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
4
|
0
|
2
|
|
2002-03
|
12
|
11
|
4
|
3
|
1
|
28
|
|
2003-04
|
51
|
31
|
12
|
32
|
41
|
108
|
|
2004-05
|
18
|
18
|
11
|
8
|
27
|
44
|
|
2005-06
|
24
|
73
|
5
|
20
|
7
|
44
|
| Financial year | Merseyside | London | North Western | North East | East Midlands |
|
2001-02
|
7
|
51
|
5
|
0
|
1
|
|
2002-03
|
17
|
71
|
39
|
2
|
3
|
|
2003-04
|
42
|
336
|
113
|
5
|
55
|
|
2004-05
|
56
|
167
|
63
|
1
|
10
|
|
2005/06
|
48
|
251
|
58
|
1
|
11
|
| N umber of claims received by the Legal Services Commission (LSC) by legal service providers for work carried out under the Criminal Defence Service (CDS) for legal advice and representation for proceedings up to and including the magistrates courts based on the location of the legal service provider within LSC regions |
| Financial year | West Midlands | South East | South Western | Eastern | Wales | Yorkshire and Humberside |
|
2001-02
|
167,000
|
167,000
|
112,000
|
97,000
|
97,000
|
148,000
|
|
2002-03
|
179,000
|
184,000
|
125,000
|
110,000
|
102,000
|
163,000
|
|
2003-04
|
183,000
|
192,000
|
122,000
|
115,000
|
99,000
|
167,000
|
|
2004-05
|
170,000
|
186,000
|
118,000
|
116,000
|
92,000
|
156,000
|
|
2005-06
|
170,000
|
193,000
|
120,000
|
124,000
|
90,000
|
163,000
|
| Financial year | Merseyside | London | North Western | North East | East Midlands |
|
2001-02
|
49,000
|
234,000
|
178,000
|
90,000
|
113,000
|
|
2002-03
|
53,000
|
263,000
|
194,000
|
96,000
|
121,000
|
|
2003-04
|
53,000
|
267,000
|
200,000
|
97,000
|
123,000
|
|
2004-05
|
49,000
|
265,000
|
187,000
|
86,000
|
115,000
|
|
2005-06(1)
|
46,000
|
281,000
|
193,000
|
88,000
|
120,000
|
(1) 2005-06 also includes cases provided under the CDS Direct Scheme based on the location of the client.
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