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Legal Services Commission: North West

Volume 502: debated on Wednesday 9 December 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice which organisations in the north-west procurement area received funds from the Legal Services Commission in (a) 2006-07, (b) 2007-08 and (c) 2008-09; and for each such organisation how many (i) asylum and (ii) non-asylum immigration cases they had in which Legal Services Commission funding started in each of those years. (304225)

The information in Table 1 shows active legal aid providers in the north-west procurement area for financial years 2006-07, 2007/08 and 2008-09 and whether they delivered immigration and/or asylum work. Table 2 shows immigration and asylum cases started.

Table 1

Provider name

2006-07

2007-08

2008-09

Asylum

Non Asylum

Asylum

Non Asylum

Asylum

Non Asylum

A S Law

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Beevers Solicitors

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

Binas Solicitors

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Birchfields Solicitors

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

No

Bolton and District CAB

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Brighouse Wolff

No

Yes

No

No

No

No

Bury Law Centre

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Clifford Johnston and Co

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

E Rex Makin and Co

No

No

No

No

Yes

No

Graham Leigh Pfeffer and Co

No

No

No

No

No

Yes

Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Immigration Advisory Service

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Jackson and Canter LLP

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Liverpool Central Cab

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

No

Mohammed and Co

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Molesworths Bright Clegg

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

National Youth Advocacy Service

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

North Manchester Law Centre

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Norton and Co

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

No

Oldham Law Centre

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Oldham Metropolitan Citizens Advice Bureau

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Robert Lizar

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

Rochdale Law Centre

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Rogerson Galvin

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

SFN Solicitors

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

South Manchester Law Centre

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Southerns

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

The Watson Ramsbottom Partnership

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Trafford Law Centre

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Table 2

Firm

2006-07

2007-08

2008-09

Asylum

Non Asylum

Asylum

Non Asylum

Asylum

Non Asylum

Firm 1

1,089

1,610

1,322

1,487

1,400

2,276

Firm 2

346

517

512

285

502

221

Firm 3

341

195

609

112.

851

148

Firm 4

280

322

393

168

349

142

Firm 5

173

153

200

134

246

138

Firm 6

46

183

74

119

72

149

Firm 7

26

210

27

208

9

133

Firm 8

69

137

74

107

119

88

Firm 9

165

144

7

10

114

119

Firm 10

54

134

53

117

42

157

Firm 11

149

37

114

23

147

50

Firm 12

76

99

48

82

70

74

Firm 13

68

72

47

67

58

72

Firm 14

40

104

51

108,

16

51

Firm 15

92

17

85

6

81

63

Firm 16

73

68

26

42

55

61

Firm 17

7

32

7

130

27

95

Firm 18

56

80

30

35

Firm 19

58

33

6

41

25

Firm 20

87

49

Firm 21

33

77

1

6

Firm 22

66

4

Firm 23

28

16

1

4

Firm 24

42

Firm 25

12

27

— .

Firm 26

12

Firm 27

10

Firm 28

3

Firm 29

1

3,488

4,290

3,714

3,256

4,200

4,072

Notes:

1. To protect commercial interests of the providers involved, the table has been anonymised and is not reflective of the order in Table 1.

2. NMS figures are the number of new matters reported at the end of the relevant financial year.

3. Some firms reported zero NMS though they held a contract in these categories of law.