Review of Civil Legal Aid
The Review of Civil Legal Aid will explore options for improving the long-term sustainability of the civil legal aid system.
Applies to England and Wales
Participating in research for the Review
Provider Survey
PA Consulting (an independent third-party contracted by the MoJ) are undertaking research to provide a robust evidence base for the MOJ’s Review of Civil Legal Aid. We would like to invite your organisation to take an online survey, which explores civil legal aid providers’ experiences of the sector. Your responses will help shape civil legal aid policy development.
All survey responses will be anonymous and confidential. On average, the survey takes 20-30 minutes to complete but may take longer depending on the level of detail you provide.
To participate in the survey and for more information visit the website. The survey closes on 17 October 2023.
Interviews
We are recruiting civil legal aid clients and people who help signpost them to legal aid providers to participate in interviews for the Review. If you are interested in participating in this research or helping to recruit participants, please contact rocla@justice.gov.uk.
About the Review
The Ministry of Justice is undertaking a Review of Civil Legal Aid.
The Review is considering the civil legal aid system in its entirety, from how services are procured, how well the current system works for users and providers, and how civil legal aid impacts the wider justice system.
To support policy development, the Review will include 4 analytical workstreams to adopt a comprehensive data-gathering approach:
- Economic analysis of the structure of the civil legal aid market
- Comparative analysis of systems in other countries
- A series of data publications
- Social research of user journeys
The Review of Civil Legal Aid will publish reports for all workstreams, releasing evidence papers on this website ahead of the project’s conclusion on 31 March 2024.
Once complete, the government can consider options from the Review for shaping a more effective, efficient, and sustainable system for legal aid providers and the people who rely on legal aid.
Terms of Reference
Further information on the purpose, outcomes and scope of the Review as a whole can be found in the .
Information on the Economic Analysis can be found in the .
Participating in research for the Review
We are recruiting civil legal aid clients, practitioners and trusted intermediaries to participate in interviews to inform the Review. If you are interested in participating in this research or helping to recruit participants, please contact rocla@justice.gov.uk.
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