What the cost has been of civil legal aid and what amount has been recovered from defenders where legal aid has been granted to a successfu…

The Scottish Legal Aid Board''s system which records receipt of property recovered or preserved, and expenses from opponents, does not record whether the opponent was the pursuer or defender in the case. SLAB summarises in its annual report, a copy of which has been placed in the Parliament''s Reference Centre (Bib number 41341), information on the amount of expenses and awards recovered from opponents, whether pursuer or defender. These amounts for the last five years are shown in the following table.
Gross Cost of Civil Legal Aid, Expenses and Awards Recovered from Opponents (£000), 2002-03 to 2006-07

| Gross Cost
| Expenses
| Amounts Awarded
to Assisted Persons
| Total Recovered
from Opponents

2002-03
|
|
|
|

Family/matrimonial
| 16,062
| 1,798
| 1,007
| 2,805

Debt
| 512
| 121
| 15
| 136

Reparation
| 7,789
| 4,741
| 254
| 4,995

Judicial review
| 266
| 71
| 0
| 71

Appeals
| 461
| 74
| 0
| 74

Recovery of heritable property
| 120
| 0
| 0
| 0

Other
| 1,862
| 299
| 24
| 323

Total
| 27,071
| 7,104
| 1,300
| 8,404

2003-04
|
|
|
|

Family/matrimonial
|