Regulation 3 Amendments to the Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 2013

(1)

Schedule 1 to the Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 2013^f1 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

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2013/422, relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2013/2877, S.I. 2015/325, S.I. 2020/1001, S.I. 2022/1379, S.I. 2023/147 and S.I. 2024/889.