Current status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 23 January 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Scottish Legal Aid Board reporting that there has been a 24% reduction in the number of solicitors registered for children’s legal aid since 2020, and what action it is taking to (a) research and address the causes of this decline and (b) increase the number of these solicitors.
I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-32820 on 15 January 2025. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/written-questions-and-answers.