Legal Aid Ms Buck To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many legal aid (a) matter starts and (b) claims registered there were in each of the smallest data areas in each year since 2005-06. Bridget Prentice The information requested is shown in the following table. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Year | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | |2005-06 |2006-07|2007-08|2008-09| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Procurement area |Case starts|Volume of claims received|Case starts|Volume of claims received|Case starts|Volume of claims received|Case starts|Volume of claims received| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Barking and Dagenham |2,427 |2,297|2,364|2,382|2,061|1,853|2,543|2,275| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Barnet |2,949 |3,955|2,582|3,126|2,475|2,773|3,736|3,113| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Barnsley |2,208 |2,252|2,425|2,484|1,993|2,722|2,523|2,405| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bedfordshire |5,535 |5,392|6,239|5,727|5,590|5,133|5,460|5,309| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Berkshire |6,750 |5,949|6,348|5,926|4,891|4,791|5,644|4,993| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bexley |1,205 |1,377|882|1,141|951|1,208|1,415|1,459| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Birmingham |23,968 |25,220|23,680|24,379|23,989|22,812|26,069|26,698| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bolton |2,566 |2,614|3,863|3,642|4,112|4,012|4,229|4,022| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bournemouth and Poole |3,143 |3,598|3,130|3,350|2,446|2,590|3,590|3,193| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bradford |8,110 |8,682|7,055|7,315|7,099|6,771|7,112|7,011| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Brent |9,726 |13,685|9,438|14,027|8,869|12,691|9,317|10,602| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bridgend, Cardiff and the Vale |12,277 |11,612|13,087|13,373|13,364|12,274|13,589|12,768| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bromley |1,727 |1,603|1,787|1,894|1,734|1,554|1,527|1,378| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Buckinghamshire |5,183 |5,179|5,139|5,525|5,209|5,026|5,472|5,830| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bury |1,650 |1,542|1,952|1,911|1,855|1,830|2,333|2,169| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Calderdale |1,614 |1,624|1,694|1,591|1,747|1,662|2,394|2,146| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Cambridgeshire |7,921 |7,688|8,402|8,210|8,806|8,964|10,095|9,487| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Camden |12,665 |13,556|11,998|12,692|11,840|12,946|13,134|13,030| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Central Wales |2,292 |2,077|2,223|2,237|2,041|1,754|2,222|2,181| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Cheshire |5,774 |5,349|6,743|6,290|6,506|6,479|7,311|6,693| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |City of Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset|12,094 |12,096|12,795|13,016|12,125|12,801|12,782|12,216| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |City of Derby |4,968 |4,187|4,436|4,349|4,424|4,675|2,928|2,962| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |City of Kingston upon Hull |4,889 |4,645|4,653|4,808|3,926|4,318|3,703|3,831| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |City of Leicester |5,007 |6,339|4,592|4,687|5,112|5,105|4,552|3,982| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |City of Plymouth |4,761 |4,526|4,823|4,862|4,082|4,470|4,809|4,716| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |City of Stoke-on-Trent |4,496 |4,714|4,144|4,761|4,025|4,385|4,754|4,495| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |City of Westminster |4,954 |5,129|5,346|5,081|4,845|5,106|3,290|4,346| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |City of Wolverhampton |4,392 |4,109|4,438|4,482|4,649|4,257|5,035|4,856| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Cornwall |7,786 |6,615|6,891|6,661|6,845|7,068|7,099|6,906| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Coventry |4,901 |5,470|4,673|6,021|4,213|3,664|4,271|3,755| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Croydon |3,255 |3,347|3,546|3,922|3,129|3,381|4,223|3,698| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Cumbria |7,119 |5,762|7,617|6,808|6,761|6,870|6,997|6,889| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Darlington |1,728 |1,682|2,006|1,951|1,880|1,897|1,795|2,082| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Devon |9,459 |9,440|9,774|9,325|8,663|9,016|9,791|9,312| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Doncaster |4,368 |4,037|6,006|5,707|5,556|5,975|6,064|6,311| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Dorset |2,723 |2,545|2,866|2,724|2,639|2,834|2,829|2,639| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Dudley |2,881 |3,140|2,592|2,691|2,182|2,211|2,486|2,402| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Durham |6,469 |5,893|6,674|6,546|6,543|6,485|7,043|6,537| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Ealing |8,640 |13,057|14,527|13,939|11,736|13,058|13,599|13,207| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |East Essex |8,053 |6,525|7,735|7,442|8,000|7,252|7,588|7,103| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |East Lancashire |8,699 |8,804|9,225|9,245|7,911|7,820|8,058|7,586| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |East Riding of Yorkshire |942 |927|945|900|1,024|874|920|854| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |East Sussex |5,182 |5,272|5,458|5,134|5,619|5,450|6,575|6,149| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Enfield |3,393 |3,531|3,055|3,563|2,859|2,956|2,525|2,432| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Gateshead |3,925 |4,758|4,640|6,779|3,802|4,839|3,695|4,663| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Gloucestershire |4,471 |4,967|5,253|4,615|4,687|5,450|5,610|5,359| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Greater Nottingham |11,098 |11,256|11,147|10,687|11,115|10,250|10,860|11,169| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Greenwich |2,302 |2,941|2,461|2,158|2,209|2,111|2,503|2,171| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Hackney and City of London |16,158 |20,821|14,707|17,408|15,610|17,044|16,370|17,963| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Hammersmith and Fulham |5,525 |7,012|5,401|6,939|3,664|6,318|3,760|5,235| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Hampshire |6,418 |6,569|6,274|6,385|5,810|6,120|6,736|6,435| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Haringey |7,055 |10,524|6,901|9,901|5,944|7,329|8,141|7,735| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Harrow |3,351 |5,012|3,443|3,486|4,537|4,287|6,288|5,301| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Hartlepool |2,173 |2,725|2,173|2,287|2,212|2,197|2,508|2,337| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Havering |944 |1,034|1,295|1,167|1,138|1,307|1,928|1,575| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Herefordshire and Worcestershire |5,488 |5,441|5,597|5,573|5,165|5,450|6,019|5,784| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Hillingdon |652 |785|856|1,059|1,312|1,509|2,111|1,760| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Hounslow |2,219 |2,657|1,128|1,098|1,425|1,112|1,302|1,329| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Islington |8,680 |10,613|9,140|9,807|7,923|8,559|7,443|8,316| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Kensington and Chelsea |4,954 |4,577|4,514|5,119|4,064|5,158|5,422|5,545| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Kingston upon Thames and Richmond upon Thames |1,166 |1,084|1,382|1,403|1,784|1,485|1,872|1,604| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Kirklees |5,767 |5,373|5,554|5,299|5,695|5,712|5,916|5,805| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Knowsley |3,000 |2,812|3,043|2,777|2,948|3,174|2,400|2,731| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Lambeth |7,203 |7,319|7,258|7,528|5,747|5,881|6,307|6,156| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Leeds |9,418 |10,024|9,925|10,356|11,872|9,805|14,286|14,966| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Leicestershire and Rutland |2,888 |2,805|3,282|3,358|3,375|3,563|3,732|4,192| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Lewisham |2,795 |2,569|2,541|3,134|1,567|1,636|2,073|1,949| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Lincolnshire |8,324 |8,069|8,388|8,581|8,279|7,750|7,902|7,824| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Liverpool |17,380 |17,642|19,526|18,197|19,595|19,383|19,481|19,820| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Manchester |10,534 |11,940|10,695|10,778|10,718|9,820|12,043|11,674| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Merton and Sutton |1,903 |1,271|2,398|2,402|3,084|2,787|2,721|2,889| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Mid and South West Kent |3,284 |3,191|3,979|3,400|3,726|3,366|5,158|4,419| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Middlesbrough |4,200 |4,904|4,337|4,516|3,617|3,898|3,719|4,176| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Neath Port Talbot and Swansea |9,346 |9,063|9,870|8,967|9,488|8,677|10,849|10,044| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Newcastle upon Tyne |6,976 |7,386|7,853|7,781|7,230|7,295|7,714|7,871| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Newham |11,319 |13,579|12,387|12,333|11,926|10,756|11,322|10,676| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Norfolk |9,091 |9,267|10,353|8,899|10,341|9,317|12,984|11,639| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |North Derbyshire |3,436 |3,552|3,818|3,645|3,372|3,336|3,664|3,582| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |North East Lincolnshire and North Lincolnshire |5,100 |4,524|4,600|4,872|4,281|4,579|4,931|4,512| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |North East Wales |6,353 |6,380|5,266|5,180|5,757|4,996|5,636|5,228| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |North Hertfordshire |2,321 |2,512|2,340|2,348|2,553|2,488|3,324|3,080| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |North Kent and Medway |4,554 |4,482|4,668|4,622|4,864|4,673|6,230|5,627| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |North Nottinghamshire |6,318 |6,758|6,036|6,060|6,444|6,365|6,596|6,058| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |North Tyneside |4,616 |4,516|4,669|4,557|4,524|4,073|4,917|4,516| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |North West Wales |3,176 |2,803|3,157|2,928|2,943|2,664|3,241|2,959| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |North Yorkshire |5,052 |4,721|5,687|5,213|5,188|5,408|5,746|5,221| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Northamptonshire |5,636 |5,024|5,776|5,168|5,530|5,226|7,000|6,199| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Northumberland |5,795 |5,193|4,987|5,335|4,863|4,752|5,524|4,952| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Oldham |3,213 |3,000|3,554|3,189|3,110|3,355|3,989|3,576| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Oxfordshire |5,417 |5,318|5,144|5,500|6,317|5,420|6,890|6,744| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Portsmouth and Isle of Wight |5,566 |5,209|5,262|5,461|4,641|4,970|4,047|4,180| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Redbridge |2,045 |3,164|2,315|2,377|1,748|1,551|2,317|1,988| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Redcar and Cleveland |2,926 |2,772|2,952|3,007|3,104|2,848|2,909|2,777| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Rhondda Cynon Taff and Merthyr Tydfil |4,146 |4,071|4,101|4,108|4,799|4,333|4,764|4,504| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Rochdale |3,317 |3,304|2,887|3,037|2,723|2,711|2,790|2,748| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Rotherham |3,005 |3,453|3,224|3,792|3,725|3,462|3,968|3,700| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Salford |6,408 |7,842|7,486|6,108|7,761|7,323|7,475|8,197| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Sandwell |2,487 |2,710|2,662|2,776|2,607|2,476|3,039|3,260| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Sefton |3,079 |2,861|3,426|2,923|3,086|2,991|3,954|3,573| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Sheffield |9,174 |9,656|10,008|9,770|9,537|9,175|10,629|11,139| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Shropshire |6,000 |6,034|6,001|6,137|5,828|5,770|6,114|5,856| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Solihull |998 |900|1,072|1,038|921|945|1,290|1,268| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Somerset |6,673 |6,820|7,045|7,935|6,598|7,178|7,637|7,416| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |South Derbyshire |1,728 |1,738|2,064|1,637|1,867|1,625|1,657|1,451| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |South East Wales |9,438 |8,635|10,107|9,594|9,123|8,703|10,014|9,915| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |South Hertfordshire |2,935 |5,713|2,364|4,845|1,966|1,925|3,061|2,413| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |South Tyneside |2,686 |2,207|2,802|2,669|2,652|2,352|3,100|2,793| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |South West Wales |3,900 |3,564|4,489|3,987|4,357|3,962|4,386|3,761| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Southampton |2,298 |2,148|2,709|2,431|3,133|2,333|2,829|3,006| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Southwark |8,988 |8,530|9,520|10,055|11,228|9,277|11,759|10,536| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |St. Helens |4,424 |4,249|4,809|4,664|5,856|4,840|5,385|5,323| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Staffordshire |5,427 |5,029|5,848|5,581|5,750|5,915|5,492|5,379| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Stockport |2,319 |2,030|2,788|2,326|3,003|2,443|3,039|2,924| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Stockton-on-Tees |3,641 |3,820|3,951|3,979|3,647|3,754|4,252|4,073| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Suffolk |5,223 |5,390|4,958|5,046|4,769|5,427|5,582|5,242| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Sunderland |5,757 |5,571|6,306|5,524|5,484|5,272|5,756|5,505| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Surrey |2,107 |1,907|2,215|2,060|1,824|1,909|2,874|2,561| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Tameside |2,206 |2,185|2,272|2,406|2,034|1,613|1,982|1,919| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |The City of Brighton and Hove |5,359 |5,142|5,823|5,685|5,380|5,278|5,355|5,071| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |The Kent Coast |5,818 |6,326|6,616|6,134|6,006|6,409|7,814|7,286| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Tower Hamlets |7,788 |9,816|8,711|9,857|11,030|9,798|14,339|14,526| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Trafford |1,083 |1,077|1,996|1,460|1,932|1,753|2,914|2,677| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Wakefield |4,100 |4,202|4,348|4,287|3,948|3,728|3,809|3,587| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Walsall |4,720 |4,874|5,055|5,028|4,332|4,200|4,483|4,171| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Waltham Forest |1,913 |2,019|2,235|2,116|2,328|2,157|2,379|2,292| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Wandsworth |6,162 |8,295|4,961|5,660|5,626|6,125|7,146|6,920| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Warrington and Halton |3,634 |3,575|3,494|3,681|3,456|3,429|3,525|3,446| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Warwickshire |3,329 |3,340|3,520|3,379|3,240|3,499|3,627|3,518| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |West Essex |6,581 |7,016|7,397|7,570|7,565|7,831|8,575|8,393| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |West Lancashire |10,660 |10,242|11,321|10,791|10,875|10,499|11,107|10,520| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |West Sussex |3,521 |3,614|4,103|4,094|4,432|4,607|4,921|5,036| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Wigan |4,290 |4,500|4,263|4,261|4,452|4,318|5,151|4,631| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Wiltshire |4,903 |5,457|5,540|5,631|5,549|5,513|7,152|6,752| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Wirral |9,062 |7,444|8,057|8,182|8,608|7,928|8,512|8,743| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |TOTALS |713,667 |744,267|740,334|751,730|720,211|716,608|785,204|764,370| -----------------------------------------------------------------------