To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what funds have been made available in each year since 2003 for legal representation of bereaved families at inquests into deaths of service personnel who have lost their lives as a result of (a) hostile action and (b) any other cause of death while serving in HM Armed Forces. (172299)

Although legal aid is not normally available for representation at inquests, it can be made available under the Access to Justice Act 1999 in certain specified circumstances. Since 2003, the following number of applications for representation of bereaved families at inquests into deaths of service personnel have been granted.