In 2018/19 the criminal legal aid budget in England and Wales was 879 million British pounds, compared with 891 million pounds in the previous year. In the provided time period, criminal legal aid peaked in 2007/08 at just over 1.2 billion pounds, but between 2010/11 and 2015/16 it was cut by 314 million pounds. Civil legal aid has also been cut in the same time period, after peaking at 1 billion pounds in 2010/11, it fell to just 600 million pounds by 2015/16.
Resource department expenditure limit (RDEL) of criminal and civil legal aid in England and Wales from 2005/06 to 2018/19
(in million British pounds)
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Ministry of Justice UK, & GOV.UK. (December 19, 2019). Resource department expenditure limit (RDEL) of criminal and civil legal aid in England and Wales from 2005/06 to 2018/19 (in million British pounds) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 05, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1098628/legal-aid-spending-in-england-and-wales/
Ministry of Justice UK, und GOV.UK. "Resource department expenditure limit (RDEL) of criminal and civil legal aid in England and Wales from 2005/06 to 2018/19 (in million British pounds) ." Chart. December 19, 2019. Statista. Accessed July 05, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1098628/legal-aid-spending-in-england-and-wales/
Ministry of Justice UK, GOV.UK. (2019). Resource department expenditure limit (RDEL) of criminal and civil legal aid in England and Wales from 2005/06 to 2018/19 (in million British pounds) . Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 05, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1098628/legal-aid-spending-in-england-and-wales/
Ministry of Justice UK, and GOV.UK. "Resource Department Expenditure Limit (Rdel) of Criminal and Civil Legal Aid in England and Wales from 2005/06 to 2018/19 (in Million British Pounds) ." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 Dec 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1098628/legal-aid-spending-in-england-and-wales/
Ministry of Justice UK & GOV.UK, Resource department expenditure limit (RDEL) of criminal and civil legal aid in England and Wales from 2005/06 to 2018/19 (in million British pounds) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1098628/legal-aid-spending-in-england-and-wales/ (last visited July 05, 2020)
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