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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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