| Heading: |
Legal Aid Scheme: Social Rented Housing |
| Question ID: |
1787530 |
| UIN: |
40484 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-24 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4515 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Kate Osamor
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| Asking Member handle: |
kateosamor
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@kateosamor
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of expanding the remit of legal aid to enable eligible individuals to receive advice on (a) social housing allocations and (b) disputes over the allocation o |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-01 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4849 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Alex Davies-Jones
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| Answering Member handle: |
AlexDaviesJones
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@AlexDaviesJones
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| Answer text: |
Legal aid is available for possession, evictions, homelessness, and disrepair claims (when there is a serious risk of illness or injury) subject to a financial means test and a merits test. This includes when someone is homeless, or at risk of homelessnes... |
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| Answering body ID: |
54 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Justice |
| Tweeted: |
true |