Written Answer by Minister for Law, K Shanmugam, to Parliamentary Question on Applications for Legal Aid

29 Feb 2016 Posted in Parliamentary speeches and responses

Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong (Non-Constituency Member of Parliament)

Question:
To ask the Minister for Law (a) what is the number of persons who applied to the Legal Aid Bureau for legal aid in each year from 2010 to 2015; and (b) what is the number of successful applicants in each of those years.

Answer:

1. The Legal Aid Bureau monitors the number of applications it receives and the number of cases which qualify for legal aid on a Financial Year (FY) basis, i.e. from April to March the following year. The data for FY 2010 to FY 2014 are set out in the following table:

Last updated on 29 Feb 2016