Series
Lord Chancellor's Department: Legal Aid Scrutiny: Papers and Report
Catalogue reference: LCO 39
What's it about?
LCO 39
This series relates to a scrutiny team's investigation of the costs of the legal aid scheme and their report.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- LCO 39
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Title (The name of the record)
- Lord Chancellor's Department: Legal Aid Scrutiny: Papers and Report
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1984-1986
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series relates to a scrutiny team's investigation of the costs of the legal aid scheme and their report.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 20 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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In 1986 the government announced a scrutiny of legal aid with the following terms of reference:"Given the necessary judicial independence of the courts and existing reviews of court procedure, to consider the determinants of expenditure on the legal aid scheme by looking at its operation and administration in practice, and to make recommendations". The Scrutiny Team was drawn from the Lord Chancellor's Department, the Treasury and the Efficiency Unit (Management and Personnel Office). Its objective was to ensure that the best possible value is obtained for the resources devoted to legal aid.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10277/
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Records of the Lord Chancellor's Office and of various legal commissions and committees
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Lord Chancellor's Department: Legal Aid Scrutiny: Papers and Report