Legal aid funding factsheet - international comparisions [pdf, 86 KB]
...expenditure was 0.19% of GVA1. The cost of legal aid is managed by a budget cap and greater use of tendering to procure services. The Government has proposed significant cuts to legal aid as part of its austerity measures, including reducing fees by 10% and strictly limiting the types of eligible proceedings. Scotland Initial legal assistance and legal aid are available for criminal, family, and civil cases. In 2008/09 legal aid expenditure was 0.14% of GVA. The cost of l...