Title page
Contents
Introduction 6
Post-Legislative Memorandum: Part 1. LASPO, Legal Aid 8
Introduction 8
Objectives 9
Implementation 13
Secondary Legislation and Legal Issues 20
Other Reviews 34
Preliminary Assessment of the Act 41
Appendix A: List of delegated legislation relevant to LASPO Part 1 (Legal Aid) 67
Post-Legislative Memorandum: Part 2. LASPO, Litigation Funding and Costs 89
Introduction 89
Objectives 89
Implementation 96
Secondary Legislation 96
Legal Issues 98
Other Reviews 98
Preliminary Assessment of the Act 99
Part 3. Sentencing and punishment of offenders 101
Objectives of Part 3 101
Implementation 101
Chapter 1: Sentencing 101
Chapter 2: Bail 107
Chapter 3: Remands of Children otherwise than on bail 107
Chapter 4: Release on licence 111
Chapter 5: Dangerous Offenders 113
Chapter 6: Prisoners etc 115
Chapter 7: Out of court disposals 116
Chapter 8: Rehabilitation of Offenders 117
Chapter 9: Offences 118
Figure 1. Volume of publicly funded MIAMs and mediation starts in family law 42
Figure 2. Volume of publicly funded MIAMs by referral route 43
Figure 3. Private family law proceedings starting in the Family Courts in England and Wales 45
Figure 4. Representation status of parties in private family law proceedings with at least one hearing in the Family Courts in England and Wales 46
Figure 5. Disposable income contributory rates in civil/family legal aid, before and after LASPO 47
Figure 6. Civil legal aid workload summary, legal help and civil representation 49
Figure 7. Applications received via the domestic violence and child abuse evidence gateway, and of those applications the number that were granted 50
Figure 8. Legal aid applications and grants under the Exceptional Case Funding scheme 51
Figure 9. Claims for legal aid in prison law proceedings 53
Figure 10. Historic expenditure on legal aid over the past decade 55
Figure 11. Legal aid expenditure as a proportion of Ministry of Justice departmental expenditure 56
Figure 12. Central Funds expenditure 57