When the legal aid exemption limit in most matrimonial cases was first set at #2,500; when it was first announced that this limit would ris…

Answered Asked by Christine Grahame SNP Lodged 28 Oct 2002

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive when the legal aid exemption limit in most matrimonial cases was first set at #2,500; when it was first announced that this limit would rise to #4,200, and when this increase will come into force.

The answer

Answered by Richard Simpson on 7 Nov 2002 · 10 days after it was lodged, on time

The capital disregard from winnings in matrimonial cases was first set at £2,500 in 1987. I announced the Executive's intention to increase the exemption limit to £4,200 on 13 March. The increase has now been incorporated in the replacement set of civil legal aid regulations which I have just laid in the Parliament and which will come into force on 1 December.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S1W-30943 by reference.