In 2020/21 the criminal legal aid budget in England and Wales was 617 million British pounds, compared with 918 million pounds in the previous year. In the provided time period, criminal legal aid peaked in 2005/06 at over 1.68 billion pounds, but between then and the most recent financial year it has fallen significantly in real terms. Civil legal aid has also been cut in the same time period, after peaking at 1.28 billion pounds in 2010/11, it fell to just 696 million pounds by 2015/16.
Resource department expenditure limit (RDEL) of criminal and civil legal aid in England and Wales from 2005/06 to 2020/21 (in million GBP)
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Ministry of Justice UK, & GOV.UK. (September 30, 2021). Resource department expenditure limit (RDEL) of criminal and civil legal aid in England and Wales from 2005/06 to 2020/21 (in million GBP) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 28, 2022, 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 2020/21 (in million GBP) ." Chart. September 30, 2021. Statista. Accessed June 28, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1098628/legal-aid-spending-in-england-and-wales/
Ministry of Justice UK, GOV.UK. (2021). Resource department expenditure limit (RDEL) of criminal and civil legal aid in England and Wales from 2005/06 to 2020/21 (in million GBP) . Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 28, 2022. 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 2020/21 (in Million Gbp) ." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Sep 2021, 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 2020/21 (in million GBP) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1098628/legal-aid-spending-in-england-and-wales/ (last visited June 28, 2022)