Table 1 - Civil Legal Assistance Application Type 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 Advice and assistance 85,802 90,908 85,277 90,098 80,561 Assistance By Way of Representation 4,144 4,320 4,280 4,331 4,795 Civil legal aid 15,861 17,738 22,028 21,251 20,016 Requests for counsel, experts or expensive work 5,991 6,319 6,284 7,274 6,875 Transfer of solicitor 781 892 980 1,081 1,222 Review of decision to refuse legal aid 2,503 2,426 3,656 4,193 4,387 Extension of grant 927 967 1,210 1,632 1,929 Special Urgency 8,818 10,219 14,696 13,508 10,773 Table 2 - Criminal Legal Assistance Application Type 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 Advice and assistance 104,220 52,065 27,864 27,545 31,590 Assistance By Way Of Representation 17,308 39,279 47,142 42,853 37,450 Summary criminal legal aid 82,657 64,457 61,056 59,159 58,324 Solemn criminal legal aid (granted by the courts up to November 2010) 12,782 12,410 12,066 11,739 12,347 Appeals 2,012 1,920 2,042 1,912 1,784 Review of decision to refuse legal aid 7,419 3,573 2,661 2,777 2,753 Requests for counsel, experts or expensive work 10,280 9,317 9,118 8,928 9,207 Transfer of solicitor 5,553 3,873 3,410 3,228 2,999 Special Urgency 1,882 1,859 1,880 1,782 1,704 Exceptional Status 343 453 368 348 374 Table 3 - Contempt of Court Legal Aid Application Type 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 Contempt of court 1,117 969 981 1,204 1,134 Table 4 - Children’s legal assistance Application Type 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 Advice and assistance 4,682 4,878 4,448 4,601 4,548 Legal aid (including appeals) 4,119 4,603 4,650 4,734 4,946 Requests for counsel, experts or expensive work 416 308 605 505 670 S4W-08654