Legal aid spending in Scotland amounted to approximately 99.1 million British pounds in 2020/21 compared with 130.9 million pounds in the previous reporting year. Since 2013/14, when legal aid expenditure was 155.3 million pounds, there have been year-on-year declines in the amount Scotland spends on legal aid, with the exception of 2019/20 when it increased slightly.
Criminal, civil and children's legal aid expenditure in Scotland from 2013/14 to 2020/21
(in million British pounds)
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Scottish Legal Aid Board. (December 15, 2021). Criminal, civil and children's legal aid expenditure in Scotland from 2013/14 to 2020/21 (in million British pounds) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 08, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1101924/legal-aid-spending-in-scotland/
Scottish Legal Aid Board. "Criminal, civil and children's legal aid expenditure in Scotland from 2013/14 to 2020/21 (in million British pounds)." Chart. December 15, 2021. Statista. Accessed August 08, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1101924/legal-aid-spending-in-scotland/
Scottish Legal Aid Board. (2021). Criminal, civil and children's legal aid expenditure in Scotland from 2013/14 to 2020/21 (in million British pounds). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 08, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1101924/legal-aid-spending-in-scotland/
Scottish Legal Aid Board. "Criminal, Civil and Children's Legal Aid Expenditure in Scotland from 2013/14 to 2020/21 (in Million British Pounds)." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Dec 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1101924/legal-aid-spending-in-scotland/
Scottish Legal Aid Board, Criminal, civil and children's legal aid expenditure in Scotland from 2013/14 to 2020/21 (in million British pounds) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1101924/legal-aid-spending-in-scotland/ (last visited August 08, 2022)
