history of legal aid

• when was legal aid brought in?

  1949
• who brought in legal aid?

  welfare state
• what occurred in the 1980s?

  6 schemes for legal aid brought in
• what was created in 1999?

  access to justice act
• when were the 6 schemes brought in?

  1980s
• when was the access to justice act created?

  1999
• what did the access to justice act 1999 do?

  made major changes to criminal & civil funding
• how much was spent on legal aid in the 80s?

  £536 million
• how much was spent on legal aid in 2012?

  £2 million
• what did LASPO 2012 introduce?

  further cuts to legal aid
• how much was cut from the budget of legal aid?

  over £300 million