Justice Sector Legal Aid forecast 2015 to 2020 [pdf, 397 KB]
...3: Total expenditure on private providers in the criminal jurisdiction including accruals Legal aid expenditure in the criminal jurisdiction broadly follows the trend observed in prosecutions: a rise to 2009/10 followed by a reduction as the Policing Excellence initiative was introduced and also as the percentage of cases taken by the PDS increased. Policing Excellence, amongst other things, involved a greater use of alternatives to prosecution, which reduced the flow of cases...