France: legal system budget by legal entity 2021

According to the French Ministry of Justice (Ministère de la Justice), about 475 million euros were allocated to public entities and programs offering subsidized or free-of-cost legal aid in 2021. Overall, the budget destined for the administration of prisons in France amounted to over 4.1 billion euros during that same year, an increase of about 274 million euros in comparison to figure for 2020.

Breakdown of the allocation of the justice system in France from 2016 to 2021, by legal entity (in million euros)

Characteristic	Judicial justice	Prison administration	Judicial youth protection	Free & subsidized legal aid*	Evaluation & monitoring of the justice system**	High judiciary council
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Release date

December 2022

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Region

France

Survey time period

2016 to 2021

Supplementary notes

* Free and subsidized legal aid entities are labeled by the source as ''Accès au droit et à la justice''. That is, entities and devices that increase the accessibility to legal services by citizens through free and subsidized legal help.
** The source defines this entity as all public legal devices that are being developed or already in place, whose goal is to monitor, administer, evaluate, and improve the (quality) services offered by the French Ministry of Justice, and the functioning of said ministry. The source groups these entities under the label ''Conduite et pilotage de la politique de la justice''.

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