{"title":"Legal aid for immigration and asylum, by financial year","source":"Legal aid statistics England and Wales main data Jan to Mar 2026 (Ministry of Justice / Legal Aid Agency, Legal aid statistics)","sourceUrl":"https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/legal-aid-statistics-january-to-march-2026-data-files","period":"financial years 2008-09 to 2025-26","asOf":"2026-08-21","licence":"https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/","columns":["financial_year","asylum_matters_completed","asylum_spend_gbp","non_asylum_matters_completed","non_asylum_spend_gbp"],"rows":[["2008-09",57539,0,45253,0],["2009-10",70811,54584277,57915,24400672],["2010-11",66289,50091377,54247,24217540],["2011-12",45123,38229982,31902,15636619],["2012-13",39108,33660993,23526,11688092],["2013-14",34156,31015288,14476,8169471],["2014-15",34614,30045931,6856,4906069],["2015-16",37799,32684568,4134,3268667],["2016-17",39636,35679360,3672,2483579],["2017-18",35589,34453941,3526,2630874],["2018-19",35596,35061699,3239,2664271],["2019-20",41140,40545064,3243,3236317],["2020-21",29640,27679287,3530,3541391],["2021-22",34699,32464081,3824,4215814],["2022-23",42713,37520991,4122,4590991],["2023-24",56462,47982173,3967,5338604],["2024-25",57655,48253465,4984,6102644],["2025-26",61070,48511703,5169,5256463]]}