59th Report - Ministry of Justice follow-up: Autumn 2025

Select Committee
Public Accounts Committee HC 1240 7 January 2026
Report Status Government responded
Conclusions & Recommendations 27 items (16 recs)
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Government Response (AI assessment · 27 of 27 classified)
Accepted 12
Accepted in Part 1
Acknowledged 10
Deferred 4
Government response
Treasury minutes: Government response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the Fifty-ninth report from Session 2024-26 · published 1 Apr 2026
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Recommendations & Conclusions

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15 Conclusion Accepted in Part
LAA acknowledges persistent legal aid gaps in housing and debt, with flawed capacity assessments.
Conclusion
LAA did, however, acknowledge that there are still gaps in securing sufficient provision of legal aid across the country, particularly for housing and debt advice.30 MoJ explained that LAA is currently meeting its standard of ensuring there is at least … Read more
Government Response Summary
The Government is taking steps to support these sectors with uplifts for controlled immigration & asylum and housing and debt legal aid work and secured outreach provision in eight of the 21 areas with a further six outreach offers currently being assessed and will report back to the Committee in Autumn 2026 on insight-led action to take forward.
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