2 Mar 2010 : Column 1072W—continued
| Legal help cases started and claims made 2005-06 to 2008-09 |
| | Year |
| | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 |
| Procurement area | Case starts | Volume of claims received | Case starts | Volume of claims received | Case starts | Volume of claims received | Case starts | Volume of claims received |
|
Barking and Dagenham
|
2,427
|
2,297
|
2,364
|
2,382
|
2,061
|
1,853
|
2,543
|
2,275
|
|
Barnet
|
2,949
|
3,955
|
2,582
|
3,126
|
2,475
|
2,773
|
3,736
|
3,113
|
|
Barnsley
|
2,208
|
2,252
|
2,425
|
2,484
|
1,993
|
2,722
|
2,523
|
2,405
|
|
Bedfordshire
|
5,535
|
5,392
|
6,239
|
5,727
|
5,590
|
5,133
|
5,460
|
5,309
|
|
Berkshire
|
6,750
|
5,949
|
6,348
|
5,926
|
4,891
|
4,791
|
5,644
|
4,993
|
|
Bexley
|
1,205
|
1,377
|
882
|
1,141
|
951
|
1,208
|
1,415
|
1,459
|
|
Birmingham
|
23,968
|
25,220
|
23,680
|
24,379
|
23,989
|
22,812
|
26,069
|
26,698
|
|
Bolton
|
2,566
|
2,614
|
3,863
|
3,642
|
4,112
|
4,012
|
4,229
|
4,022
|
|
Bournemouth and Poole
|
3,143
|
3,598
|
3,130
|
3,350
|
2,446
|
2,590
|
3,590
|
3,193
|
|
Bradford
|
8,110
|
8,682
|
7,055
|
7,315
|
7,099
|
6,771
|
7,112
|
7,011
|
|
Brent
|
9,726
|
13,685
|
9,438
|
14,027
|
8,869
|
12,691
|
9,317
|
10,602
|
|
Bridgend, Cardiff and the Vale
|
12,277
|
11,612
|
13,087
|
13,373
|
13,364
|
12,274
|
13,589
|
12,768
|
|
Bromley
|
1,727
|
1,603
|
1,787
|
1,894
|
1,734
|
1,554
|
1,527
|
1,378
|
|
Buckinghamshire
|
5,183
|
5,179
|
5,139
|
5,525
|
5,209
|
5,026
|
5,472
|
5,830
|
|
Bury
|
1,650
|
1,542
|
1,952
|
1,911
|
1,855
|
1,830
|
2,333
|
2,169
|
|
Calderdale
|
1,614
|
1,624
|
1,694
|
1,591
|
1,747
|
1,662
|
2,394
|
2,146
|
|
Cambridgeshire
|
7,921
|
7,688
|
8,402
|
8,210
|
8,806
|
8,964
|
10,095
|
9,487
|
|
Camden
|
12,665
|
13,556
|
11,998
|
12,692
|
11,840
|
12,946
|
13,134
|
13,030
|
|
Central Wales
|
2,292
|
2,077
|
2,223
|
2,237
|
2,041
|
1,754
|
2,222
|
2,181
|
|
Cheshire
|
5,774
|
5,349
|
6,743
|
6,290
|
6,506
|
6,479
|
7,311
|
6,693
|
|
City of Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset
|
12,094
|
12,096
|
12,795
|
13,016
|
12,125
|
12,801
|
12,782
|
12,216
|
|
City of Derby
|
4,968
|
4,187
|
4,436
|
4,349
|
4,424
|
4,675
|
2,928
|
2,962
|
|
City of Kingston upon Hull
|
4,889
|
4,645
|
4,653
|
4,808
|
3,926
|
4,318
|
3,703
|
3,831
|
|
City of Leicester
|
5,007
|
6,339
|
4,592
|
4,687
|
5,112
|
5,105
|
4,552
|
3,982
|
|
City of Plymouth
|
4,761
|
4,526
|
4,823
|
4,862
|
4,082
|
4,470
|
4,809
|
4,716
|
|
City of Stoke-on-Trent
|
4,496
|
4,714
|
4,144
|
4,761
|
4,025
|
4,385
|
4,754
|
4,495
|
|
City of Westminster
|
4,954
|
5,129
|
5,346
|
5,081
|
4,845
|
5,106
|
3,290
|
4,346
|
|
City of Wolverhampton
|
4,392
|
4,109
|
4,438
|
4,482
|
4,649
|
4,257
|
5,035
|
4,856
|
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|
Cornwall
|
7,786
|
6,615
|
6,891
|
6,661
|
6,845
|
7,068
|
7,099
|
6,906
|
|
Coventry
|
4,901
|
5,470
|
4,673
|
6,021
|
4,213
|
3,664
|
4,271
|
3,755
|
|
Croydon
|
3,255
|
3,347
|
3,546
|
3,922
|
3,129
|
3,381
|
4,223
|
3,698
|
|
Cumbria
|
7,119
|
5,762
|
7,617
|
6,808
|
6,761
|
6,870
|
6,997
|
6,889
|
|
Darlington
|
1,728
|
1,682
|
2,006
|
1,951
|
1,880
|
1,897
|
1,795
|
2,082
|
|
Devon
|
9,459
|
9,440
|
9,774
|
9,325
|
8,663
|
9,016
|
9,791
|
9,312
|
|
Doncaster
|
4,368
|
4,037
|
6,006
|
5,707
|
5,556
|
5,975
|
6,064
|
6,311
|
|
Dorset
|
2,723
|
2,545
|
2,866
|
2,724
|
2,639
|
2,834
|
2,829
|
2,639
|
|
Dudley
|
2,881
|
3,140
|
2,592
|
2,691
|
2,182
|
2,211
|
2,486
|
2,402
|
|
Durham
|
6,469
|
5,893
|
6,674
|
6,546
|
6,543
|
6,485
|
7,043
|
6,537
|
|
Ealing
|
8,640
|
13,057
|
14,527
|
13,939
|
11,736
|
13,058
|
13,599
|
13,207
|
|
East Essex
|
8,053
|
6,525
|
7,735
|
7,442
|
8,000
|
7,252
|
7,588
|
7,103
|
|
East Lancashire
|
8,699
|
8,804
|
9,225
|
9,245
|
7,911
|
7,820
|
8,058
|
7,586
|
|
East Riding of Yorkshire
|
942
|
927
|
945
|
900
|
1,024
|
874
|
920
|
854
|
|
East Sussex
|
5,182
|
5,272
|
5,458
|
5,134
|
5,619
|
5,450
|
6,575
|
6,149
|
|
Enfield
|
3,393
|
3,531
|
3,055
|
3,563
|
2,859
|
2,956
|
2,525
|
2,432
|
|
Gateshead
|
3,925
|
4,758
|
4,640
|
6,779
|
3,802
|
4,839
|
3,695
|
4,663
|
|
Gloucestershire
|
4,471
|
4,967
|
5,253
|
4,615
|
4,687
|
5,450
|
5,610
|
5,359
|
|
Greater Nottingham
|
11,098
|
11,256
|
11,147
|
10,687
|
11,115
|
10,250
|
10,860
|
11,169
|
|
Greenwich
|
2,302
|
2,941
|
2,461
|
2,158
|
2,209
|
2,111
|
2,503
|
2,171
|
|
Hackney and City of London
|
16,158
|
20,821
|
14,707
|
17,408
|
15,610
|
17,044
|
16,370
|
17,963
|
|
Hammersmith and Fulham
|
5,525
|
7,012
|
5,401
|
6,939
|
3,664
|
6,318
|
3,760
|
5,235
|
|
Hampshire
|
6,418
|
6,569
|
6,274
|
6,385
|
5,810
|
6,120
|
6,736
|
6,435
|
|
Haringey
|
7,055
|
10,524
|
6,901
|
9,901
|
5,944
|
7,329
|
8,141
|
7,735
|
|
Harrow
|
3,351
|
5,012
|
3,443
|
3,486
|
4,537
|
4,287
|
6,288
|
5,301
|
|
Hartlepool
|
2,173
|
2,725
|
2,173
|
2,287
|
2,212
|
2,197
|
2,508
|
2,337
|
|
Havering
|
944
|
1,034
|
1,295
|
1,167
|
1,138
|
1,307
|
1,928
|
1,575
|
|
Herefordshire and Worcestershire
|
5,488
|
5,441
|
5,597
|
5,573
|
5,165
|
5,450
|
6,019
|
5,784
|
|
Hillingdon
|
652
|
785
|
856
|
1,059
|
1,312
|
1,509
|
2,111
|
1,760
|
|
Hounslow
|
2,219
|
2,657
|
1,128
|
1,098
|
1,425
|
1,112
|
1,302
|
1,329
|
|
Islington
|
8,680
|
10,613
|
9,140
|
9,807
|
7,923
|
8,559
|
7,443
|
8,316
|
|
Kensington and Chelsea
|
4,954
|
4,577
|
4,514
|
5,119
|
4,064
|
5,158
|
5,422
|
5,545
|
|
Kingston upon Thames and Richmond upon Thames
|
1,166
|
1,084
|
1,382
|
1,403
|
1,784
|
1,485
|
1,872
|
1,604
|
|
Kirklees
|
5,767
|
5,373
|
5,554
|
5,299
|
5,695
|
5,712
|
5,916
|
5,805
|
|
Knowsley
|
3,000
|
2,812
|
3,043
|
2,777
|
2,948
|
3,174
|
2,400
|
2,731
|
|
Lambeth
|
7,203
|
7,319
|
7,258
|
7,528
|
5,747
|
5,881
|
6,307
|
6,156
|
|
Leeds
|
9,418
|
10,024
|
9,925
|
10,356
|
11,872
|
9,805
|
14,286
|
14,966
|
|
Leicestershire and Rutland
|
2,888
|
2,805
|
3,282
|
3,358
|
3,375
|
3,563
|
3,732
|
4,192
|
|
Lewisham
|
2,795
|
2,569
|
2,541
|
3,134
|
1,567
|
1,636
|
2,073
|
1,949
|
|
Lincolnshire
|
8,324
|
8,069
|
8,388
|
8,581
|
8,279
|
7,750
|
7,902
|
7,824
|
|
Liverpool
|
17,380
|
17,642
|
19,526
|
18,197
|
19,595
|
19,383
|
19,481
|
19,820
|
|
Manchester
|
10,534
|
11,940
|
10,695
|
10,778
|
10,718
|
9,820
|
12,043
|
11,674
|
|
Merton and Sutton
|
1,903
|
1,271
|
2,398
|
2,402
|
3,084
|
2,787
|
2,721
|
2,889
|
|
Mid and South West Kent
|
3,284
|
3,191
|
3,979
|
3,400
|
3,726
|
3,366
|
5,158
|
4,419
|
|
Middlesbrough
|
4,200
|
4,904
|
4,337
|
4,516
|
3,617
|
3,898
|
3,719
|
4,176
|
|
Neath Port Talbot and Swansea
|
9,346
|
9,063
|
9,870
|
8,967
|
9,488
|
8,677
|
10,849
|
10,044
|
|
Newcastle upon Tyne
|
6,976
|
7,386
|
7,853
|
7,781
|
7,230
|
7,295
|
7,714
|
7,871
|
|
Newham
|
11,319
|
13,579
|
12,387
|
12,333
|
11,926
|
10,756
|
11,322
|
10,676
|
|
Norfolk
|
9,091
|
9,267
|
10,353
|
8,899
|
10,341
|
9,317
|
12,984
|
11,639
|
|
North Derbyshire
|
3,436
|
3,552
|
3,818
|
3,645
|
3,372
|
3,336
|
3,664
|
3,582
|
|
North East Lincolnshire and North Lincolnshire
|
5,100
|
4,524
|
4,600
|
4,872
|
4,281
|
4,579
|
4,931
|
4,512
|
|
North East Wales
|
6,353
|
6,380
|
5,266
|
5,180
|
5,757
|
4,996
|
5,636
|
5,228
|
|
North Hertfordshire
|
2,321
|
2,512
|
2,340
|
2,348
|
2,553
|
2,488
|
3,324
|
3,080
|
|
North Kent and Medway
|
4,554
|
4,482
|
4,668
|
4,622
|
4,864
|
4,673
|
6,230
|
5,627
|
|
North Nottinghamshire
|
6,318
|
6,758
|
6,036
|
6,060
|
6,444
|
6,365
|
6,596
|
6,058
|
|
North Tyneside
|
4,616
|
4,516
|
4,669
|
4,557
|
4,524
|
4,073
|
4,917
|
4,516
|
|
North West Wales
|
3,176
|
2,803
|
3,157
|
2,928
|
2,943
|
2,664
|
3,241
|
2,959
|
|
North Yorkshire
|
5,052
|
4,721
|
5,687
|
5,213
|
5,188
|
5,408
|
5,746
|
5,221
|
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|
Northamptonshire
|
5,636
|
5,024
|
5,776
|
5,168
|
5,530
|
5,226
|
7,000
|
6,199
|
|
Northumberland
|
5,795
|
5,193
|
4,987
|
5,335
|
4,863
|
4,752
|
5,524
|
4,952
|
|
Oldham
|
3,213
|
3,000
|
3,554
|
3,189
|
3,110
|
3,355
|
3,989
|
3,576
|
|
Oxfordshire
|
5,417
|
5,318
|
5,144
|
5,500
|
6,317
|
5,420
|
6,890
|
6,744
|
|
Portsmouth and Isle of Wight
|
5,566
|
5,209
|
5,262
|
5,461
|
4,641
|
4,970
|
4,047
|
4,180
|
|
Redbridge
|
2,045
|
3,164
|
2,315
|
2,377
|
1,748
|
1,551
|
2,317
|
1,988
|
|
Redcar and Cleveland
|
2,926
|
2,772
|
2,952
|
3,007
|
3,104
|
2,848
|
2,909
|
2,777
|
|
Rhondda Cynon Taff and Merthyr Tydfil
|
4,146
|
4,071
|
4,101
|
4,108
|
4,799
|
4,333
|
4,764
|
4,504
|
|
Rochdale
|
3,317
|
3,304
|
2,887
|
3,037
|
2,723
|
2,711
|
2,790
|
2,748
|
|
Rotherham
|
3,005
|
3,453
|
3,224
|
3,792
|
3,725
|
3,462
|
3,968
|
3,700
|
|
Salford
|
6,408
|
7,842
|
7,486
|
6,108
|
7,761
|
7,323
|
7,475
|
8,197
|
|
Sandwell
|
2,487
|
2,710
|
2,662
|
2,776
|
2,607
|
2,476
|
3,039
|
3,260
|
|
Sefton
|
3,079
|
2,861
|
3,426
|
2,923
|
3,086
|
2,991
|
3,954
|
3,573
|
|
Sheffield
|
9,174
|
9,656
|
10,008
|
9,770
|
9,537
|
9,175
|
10,629
|
11,139
|
|
Shropshire
|
6,000
|
6,034
|
6,001
|
6,137
|
5,828
|
5,770
|
6,114
|
5,856
|
|
Solihull
|
998
|
900
|
1,072
|
1,038
|
921
|
945
|
1,290
|
1,268
|
|
Somerset
|
6,673
|
6,820
|
7,045
|
7,935
|
6,598
|
7,178
|
7,637
|
7,416
|
|
South Derbyshire
|
1,728
|
1,738
|
2,064
|
1,637
|
1,867
|
1,625
|
1,657
|
1,451
|
|
South East Wales
|
9,438
|
8,635
|
10,107
|
9,594
|
9,123
|
8,703
|
10,014
|
9,915
|
|
South Hertfordshire
|
2,935
|
5,713
|
2,364
|
4,845
|
1,966
|
1,925
|
3,061
|
2,413
|
|
South Tyneside
|
2,686
|
2,207
|
2,802
|
2,669
|
2,652
|
2,352
|
3,100
|
2,793
|
|
South West Wales
|
3,900
|
3,564
|
4,489
|
3,987
|
4,357
|
3,962
|
4,386
|
3,761
|
|
Southampton
|
2,298
|
2,148
|
2,709
|
2,431
|
3,133
|
2,333
|
2,829
|
3,006
|
|
Southwark
|
8,988
|
8,530
|
9,520
|
10,055
|
11,228
|
9,277
|
11,759
|
10,536
|
|
St. Helens
|
4,424
|
4,249
|
4,809
|
4,664
|
5,856
|
4,840
|
5,385
|
5,323
|
|
Staffordshire
|
5,427
|
5,029
|
5,848
|
5,581
|
5,750
|
5,915
|
5,492
|
5,379
|
|
Stockport
|
2,319
|
2,030
|
2,788
|
2,326
|
3,003
|
2,443
|
3,039
|
2,924
|
|
Stockton-on-Tees
|
3,641
|
3,820
|
3,951
|
3,979
|
3,647
|
3,754
|
4,252
|
4,073
|
|
Suffolk
|
5,223
|
5,390
|
4,958
|
5,046
|
4,769
|
5,427
|
5,582
|
5,242
|
|
Sunderland
|
5,757
|
5,571
|
6,306
|
5,524
|
5,484
|
5,272
|
5,756
|
5,505
|
|
Surrey
|
2,107
|
1,907
|
2,215
|
2,060
|
1,824
|
1,909
|
2,874
|
2,561
|
|
Tameside
|
2,206
|
2,185
|
2,272
|
2,406
|
2,034
|
1,613
|
1,982
|
1,919
|
|
The City of Brighton and Hove
|
5,359
|
5,142
|
5,823
|
5,685
|
5,380
|
5,278
|
5,355
|
5,071
|
|
The Kent Coast
|
5,818
|
6,326
|
6,616
|
6,134
|
6,006
|
6,409
|
7,814
|
7,286
|
|
Tower Hamlets
|
7,788
|
9,816
|
8,711
|
9,857
|
11,030
|
9,798
|
14,339
|
14,526
|
|
Trafford
|
1,083
|
1,077
|
1,996
|
1,460
|
1,932
|
1,753
|
2,914
|
2,677
|
|
Wakefield
|
4,100
|
4,202
|
4,348
|
4,287
|
3,948
|
3,728
|
3,809
|
3,587
|
|
Walsall
|
4,720
|
4,874
|
5,055
|
5,028
|
4,332
|
4,200
|
4,483
|
4,171
|
|
Waltham Forest
|
1,913
|
2,019
|
2,235
|
2,116
|
2,328
|
2,157
|
2,379
|
2,292
|
|
Wandsworth
|
6,162
|
8,295
|
4,961
|
5,660
|
5,626
|
6,125
|
7,146
|
6,920
|
|
Warrington and Halton
|
3,634
|
3,575
|
3,494
|
3,681
|
3,456
|
3,429
|
3,525
|
3,446
|
|
Warwickshire
|
3,329
|
3,340
|
3,520
|
3,379
|
3,240
|
3,499
|
3,627
|
3,518
|
|
West Essex
|
6,581
|
7,016
|
7,397
|
7,570
|
7,565
|
7,831
|
8,575
|
8,393
|
|
West Lancashire
|
10,660
|
10,242
|
11,321
|
10,791
|
10,875
|
10,499
|
11,107
|
10,520
|
|
West Sussex
|
3,521
|
3,614
|
4,103
|
4,094
|
4,432
|
4,607
|
4,921
|
5,036
|
|
Wigan
|
4,290
|
4,500
|
4,263
|
4,261
|
4,452
|
4,318
|
5,151
|
4,631
|
|
Wiltshire
|
4,903
|
5,457
|
5,540
|
5,631
|
5,549
|
5,513
|
7,152
|
6,752
|
|
Wirral
|
9,062
|
7,444
|
8,057
|
8,182
|
8,608
|
7,928
|
8,512
|
8,743
|
|
TOTALS
|
713,667
|
744,267
|
740,334
|
751,730
|
720,211
|
716,608
|
785,204
|
764,370
|
