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2025 No. 1248 LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES The Civil Legal Aid (Procedure and Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 Made 27th November 2025 Laid before Parliament 1st December 2025 Coming into force 22nd December 2025 The Lord Chancellor makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 2(3), 12(2) and 41(1)(a) and (b), (2)(a) and (3)(c) of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.
Propose a change(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Legal Aid (Procedure and Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2025. (2) These Regulations come into force on 22nd December 2025. (3) These Regulations extend to England and Wales.
Propose a changeRegulation 14 (Duty Scheme) of the Civil Legal Aid (Procedure) Regulations 2012 is amended as follows— (a) for the heading substitute “Housing Loss Prevention Advice Service”; (b) in sub-paragraph (a)— (i) for “Housing Possession Court Duty Scheme,” substitute “Housing Loss Prevention Advice Service”, and (ii) for “2013” substitute “2024”; (c) in sub-paragraph (b), for “2013” substitute “2024”.
Propose a change(1) Schedule 1 to the Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 2013 is amended as follows. (2) In Part 1 (Civil Standard Fees)— (a) for paragraph (2) substitute— 2 The fees in Table 1 for Housing do not apply to the Housing Loss Prevention Advice Service. The fees for that service are contained in Table 6(a) in this Part. ; (b) in paragraph 3, in Table 1, in the fourth row (Debt)— (i) in the second column (Standard Fee), for £180 substitute £256, and (ii) in the third column (Escape Fee Threshold), for £540 substitute £768; (c) in paragraph 3, in Table 1, in the sixth row (Housing)— (i) in the second column (Standard Fee), for £157 substitute £223, and (ii) in the third column (Escape Fee Threshold), for £471 substitute £669; (d) for Table 4(a) substitute— Table 4(a): Immigration and Asylum Standard Fees Immigration and Asylum Type of matter | Stage 1 (legal help) | Stage 2a (controlled legal representation) | Stage 2b (controlled legal representation) Asylum | £559 | £274 | £685 Immigration – non asylum | £317 | £274 | £549 (e) for Table 4(aa) substitute— Table 4(aa): Immigration and Asylum Standard Fees – online system appeals Immigration and Asylum: online procedure appeals Type of matter | Stage 2d (appeals without a hearing) | Stage 2e (appeals with a hearing) Asylum | £808 | £1,219 Immigration – non asylum | £759 | £1,033 (f) in Table 4(b) (Additional Payment – UKVI Interview), for “£266” substitute “£360”; (g) in Table 4(ba) (Additional Payment – National Referral Mechanism), for “£150” substitute “£203”; (h) for Table 4(c) substitute— Table 4(c): Additional Payments for Advocacy (including Online Procedure Advocacy) Services Activity | Advocacy Services Standard Fee Oral Case Management Review Hearing | £183 Telephone Case Management Review Hearing | £99 Substantive Hearing in the Immigration and Asylum Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal | Asylum - £332 Substantive Hearing in the Immigration and Asylum Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal | Immigration - £261 Additional Day Substantive Hearing | Asylum - £177 Immigration - £177 (i) omit Table 4(ca); (j) for Table 4(d) substitute— Table 4(d): Immigration Removal Centres Standard Fees (for Exclusive Schedule Holders only) On Site Surgery – advising 5 or more clients | £497 On Site Surgery – advising 4 clients or fewer | £249 Standby Payment | £47 (k) omit Table 6; (l) for Table 6(a) substitute— Table 6(a): Housing Loss Prevention Advice Service (HLPAS) Activity | Standard Fee | Escape Fee Threshold HLPAS Stage One: early legal advice | £223 | £669 HLPAS Stage Two: in-court duty scheme | £108 (London rate) | N/A £102 (Non-London rate) (3) In Part 2 (Hourly Rates - Controlled Work)— (a) for the heading in Table 7(a) substitute “Mental Health, Claims Against Public Authorities, Public Law, Education and Community Care”; (b) after Table 7(a) insert— Table 7(aa): Immigration and Asylum and Housing and Debt Activity | London Rate | Non-London Rate Preparation, Attendance and Advocacy | £69.30 per hour | £65.35 per hour Travel and Waiting Time | £34.65 per hour | £32.70 per hour Routine Letters Out and Telephone Calls | £5.35 per item | £5.20 per item (c) for the heading in Table 7(b), substitute “Family and Miscellaneous (employment)”; (d) for the heading of Table 7(c), substitute “Family help (lower) and related legal help in relation to section 31 of the Children Act 1989”; (e) omit Table 7(d); (f) for Table 8(a) substitute— Table 8(a): Immigration and Asylum - Escape Fee Cases Controlled Legal Representation Activity | London Rate | Non-London Rate Preparation and Attendance | £69.30 per hour | £65.35 per hour Travel and Waiting Time | £34.65 per hour | £32.70 per hour Routine Letters Out and Telephone Calls | £5.35 per item | £5.20 per item Advocacy | £72.35 per hour | £72.35 per hour (g) for Table 8(c) substitute— Table 8(c): Controlled Legal Representation — Immigration and Asylum hourly rates cases Activity | London Rate | Non-London Rate Preparation and Attendance | £69.30 per hour | £65.35 per hour Travel and Waiting Time | £34.65 per hour | £32.70 per hour Routine Letters Out and Telephone Calls | £5.35 per item | £5.20 per item Advocacy | £69.30 per hour | £68.90 per hour
Propose a change(1) The amendments made by regulation 3 do not affect the payment of remuneration by the Lord Chancellor to providers of civil legal services in relation to a case where the application for civil legal services was made before 22nd December 2025. (2) For the purposes of this regulation an application is made on the date on which it is signed.
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