Justice: Legal Aid (22nd June 2011)
Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire, Conservative)
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many civil and criminal providers of legal aid have offices in North East Hertfordshireconstituency.
Jonathan Djanogly (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (HM Courts Service and Legal Aid), Justice; Huntingdon, Conservative)
The Legal Services Commission (LSC) holds contracts with legal aid firms but each firm may provide services from several offices. There are five firms with postcodes falling within the North East Hertfordshireconstituency providing civil services out of four offices and crime out of two.
In addition to face to face services, the public can get help with civil problems through Community Legal Advice which includes telephone and internet-based services.