Written Question · S3W-05286 · Session 3
Further to the answer to question S3W-3939 by Kenny MacAskill on 14 September 2007, how many solicitors’ practices received payments from t…
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-3939 by Kenny MacAskill on 14 September 2007, how many solicitors’ practices received payments from the Scottish Legal Aid Board in excess of £50,000 per annum in each of the last five years, broken down into firms offering (a) only civil legal aid work, (b) only criminal legal aid work and (c) both civil and criminal legal aid work.
The answer
The following tableprovides information on the number of firms receiving payment of over £50,000 fromthe Scottish Legal Aid Board in respect of fees (for solicitors or solicitor advocates,and including VAT where applicable) in each of the financial years shown.
Firms receiving paymentin respect of:
| 2002-03
| 2003-04
| 2004-05
| 2005-06
| 2006-07
Civil legal assistance only
| 2
| 4
| 5
| 4
| 7
Criminal legal assistance only
| 11
| 24
| 27
| 37
| 51
Both civil and criminal legal assistance
| 453
| 459
| 439
| 436
| 397
Total (any form of legal assistance)
| 466
| 487
| 471
| 477
| 455
Note: Income in relationto children’s legal aid is combined with that from criminal legal aid for the purposesof this table.
Firms receiving paymentin respect of:
| 2002-03
| 2003-04
| 2004-05
| 2005-06
| 2006-07
Civil legal assistance only
| 2
| 4
| 5
| 4
| 7
Criminal legal assistance only
| 11
| 24
| 27
| 37
| 51
Both civil and criminal legal assistance
| 453
| 459
| 439
| 436
| 397
Total (any form of legal assistance)
| 466
| 487
| 471
| 477
| 455
Note: Income in relationto children’s legal aid is combined with that from criminal legal aid for the purposesof this table.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S3W-05286 by reference.