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These documents supplement the quarterly legal aid statistics bulletin by providing a comprehensive guide to the statistics, data and how to use them.

• From: Ministry of Justice and Legal Aid Agency
• Published: 26 March 2015
• Last updated: 24 September 2026
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  1. 24 September 2026

     Updated for the April to June 2026 edition of the legal aid statistics

  2. 25 June 2026

     Updated for the January to March 2026 edition of the legal aid statistics

  3. 26 March 2026

     Updated for the October to December 2025 edition of the legal aid statistics

  4. 26 June 2025

     Updated for the January to March 2025 edition of the legal aid statistics

  5. 27 March 2025

     Updated for the October to December 2024 edition of the legal aid statistics

  6. 19 December 2024

     Updated for the July to September 2024 edition of the legal aid statistics

  7. 26 September 2024

     Updated for the April to June 2024 edition of the legal aid statistics

  8. 27 June 2024

     Updated for the January to March 2024 edition of the legal aid statistics

  9. 28 March 2024

     Updated for the October to December 2023 edition of the legal aid statistics

  10. 21 December 2023

      Updated for the July to September 2023 edition of the legal aid statistics

  11. 28 September 2023

      Updated for the April to June 2023 edition of the legal aid statistics

  12. 29 June 2023

      Updated for the January to March 2023 edition of the legal aid statistics

  13. 30 March 2023

      Updated for the October to December 2022 edition of the legal aid statistics

  14. 15 December 2022

      Updated for the July to September 2022 edition of the legal aid statistics

  15. 29 September 2022

      Updated for the April to June 2022 edition of the legal aid statistics

  16. 30 June 2022

      Updated for the January to March 2022 edition of the legal aid statistics

  17. 31 March 2022

      Updated for the October to December 2021 edition of the legal aid statistics

  18. 16 December 2021

      Updated for the July to September 2021 edition of the legal aid statistics

  19. 30 September 2021

      Updated for the April to June 2021 edition of the legal aid statistics

  20. 29 September 2021

      Updated for the April to June 2021 edition of the legal aid statistics

  21. 24 June 2021

      Updated for the January to March 2021 edition of the legal aid statistics

  22. 25 March 2021

      Updated for the October to December 2020 edition of the legal aid statistics

  23. 17 December 2020

      User guide and Index updated for the July to September 2020 edition of the legal aid statistics also HTML version of Quality statement and User Guide added

  24. 24 September 2020

      User guide and Index updated for the April to June 2020 edition of the legal aid statistics

  25. 25 June 2020

      User guide and Index updated for the January to March 2020 edition of the legal aid statistics

  26. 26 March 2020

      User guide and Index updated for the October to December 2019 edition of the legal aid statistics Separate Quality statement (previously included in the user guide) published

  27. 19 December 2019

      User guide and Index updated for the July to September 2019 edition of the legal aid statistics

  28. 26 September 2019

      User guide and Index updated for the April to June 2019 edition of the legal aid statistics

  29. 30 July 2019

      Updated revisions policy hyperlink

  30. 27 June 2019

      User guide updated for the January to March 2019 edition of the legal aid statistics and Index of data is added to this page.

  31. 5 April 2019

      User guide updated for the October to December 2018 edition of the legal aid statistics

  32. 28 March 2019

      User guide updated

  33. 13 December 2018

      User guide updated for the July to September 2018 edition of the legal aid statistics

  34. 27 September 2018

      Guide updated.

  35. 28 June 2018

      User guide updated for the January to March 2018 edition of the legal aid statistics

  36. 29 March 2018

      Guide updated.

  37. 14 December 2017

      User guide updated

  38. 28 September 2017

      Guide updated.

  39. 29 June 2017

      User guide updated.

  40. 30 March 2017

      Guide updated.

  41. 15 December 2016

      Updated user guide added to page.

  42. 29 September 2016

      Guide updated.

  43. 30 June 2016

      New version of the user guide published.

  44. 31 March 2016

      Updated version of ‘A guide to legal aid statistics in England and Wales’ added to page.

  45. 17 December 2015

      Updated guide published.

  46. 23 September 2015

      Updated 'Legal Aid Statistics guide' added to page.

  47. 25 June 2015

      Updated guidance published

  48. 26 March 2015

      First published.

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Legal aid statistics data visualisation tools

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User guide to legal aid statistics in England and Wales

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Index of data in Legal aid statistics

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These documents supplement the quarterly legal aid statistics bulletin by providing a comprehensive guide to the statistics, data and how to use them.

They provide a brief background overview of the legal aid system including recent reforms, and it also covers:

• explanations of terminology
• data sources and quality
• revisions policy
• users and uses of the statistics
• other explanatory notes
• lists available data
• guidance for working with data
• quality statement