Dear Sir,

        We acknowledge receipt of your email dated 4.3.2017. The matters
raised therein are receiving attention.  
Yours faithfully,
(Miss Fiona Yang)
for Director of Legal Aid
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From:        Scott Edmunds <[FOI #146 email]>
To:        FOI requests at Legal Aid Department <[Legal Aid Department request email]>,
Date:        04/03/2017 13:42
Subject:        Freedom of Information request - Immigration case data.

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Dear Legal Aid Department,

Can I get yearly data on how many immigration cases are getting legal aid
per year. Do you have information of how many non-refoulement claimants
(Form 8 holders) are getting Legal Aid, and of these how many are getting
this for immigration cases, and how many for other crimes.

Yours faithfully,

Scott Edmunds

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Dear Sir,

We refer to your email of 4 March 2017 and our reply is as follows:-
The number of civil legal aid certificates granted relating to immigration
matters in the past 3 years are as follows:-

Year No. of civil legal aid certificates granted
relating to immigration matters
2014 57
2015 52
2016 35

The number of civil legal aid certificates granted to non-refoulement
claimants in the past 3 years are as follows:-

Year No. of civil legal aid certificates granted to non-refoulement
claimants
2014 227 (17)*
2015 304 (23)*
2016 63  (4)*

*Figures in ( ) represents the number of legal aid certificates granted to
non-refoulement claimants relating to immigration matters.

The Legal Aid Department does not maintain statistics on the number of
legal aid certificates granted to non-refoulement claimants for criminal
matters.

Yours faithfully,
(Miss Patricia LEUNG)
for Director of Legal Aid

From:        Scott Edmunds <[FOI #146 email]>
To:        FOI requests at Legal Aid Department <[Legal Aid Department request email]>,
Date:        04/03/2017 13:42
Subject:        Freedom of Information request - Immigration case data.

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Dear Legal Aid Department,

Can I get yearly data on how many immigration cases are getting legal aid
per year. Do you have information of how many non-refoulement claimants
(Form 8 holders) are getting Legal Aid, and of these how many are getting
this for immigration cases, and how many for other crimes.

Yours faithfully,

Scott Edmunds

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