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I Brown
[FYI request #20690 email]
Our ref: OIA 99664
Tēnā koe I Brown
Official Information Act 1982 request: Grants of criminal legal aid
Thank you for your email of 28 September 2022, requesting under the Of icial Information Act 1982
(the Act), data on the number of grants of criminal legal aid for each of the years 2015-2022, as
percentages, for provider approval level (PAL) 1-4.
Specifically, you requested:
1.The overal number of grants of criminal legal aid for each of the years 2015-2022 (using 1 July
to 30 June as a year); and
2.Of those grants:
a. What percentage of grants were at PAL 1 for each of those years; and
b. What percentage of grants were at PAL 2 for each of those years; and
c. What percentage of grants were at PAL 3 for each of those years; and
d. What percentage of grants were at PAL 4 for each of those years
On 3 October 2022, we contacted you to clarify your request. You confirmed on 4 October 2022 that
your request could be clarified to the following:
Al grants where the application is approved and assigned to a provider, whether PDS or other, it
is not meant to include applications that are refused.
Please do not include interim grants.
Please find attached the requested data included in Appendix 1.
If you are not satisfied with this response, you have the right to make a complaint to the
Ombudsman under section 28(3) of the Act. The Ombudsman may be contacted by phone on 0800
802 602 or by email to [email address]
Nāku noa, nā
Tracey Baguley
Group Manager, National Service Delivery
Appendix 1: Criminal legal aid grants broken down by PAL, for the period 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2022
Approved
Total
PAL 1
PAL 2
PAL 3
PAL 4
Financial Year
Grants
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
2015/2016
54,099
85.37%
8.37%
3.95%
2.31%
2016/2017
55,623
85.89%
8.05%
3.90%
2.17%
2017/2018
57,025
84.36%
8.86%
4.36%
2.42%
2018/2019
57,632
83.32%
10.21%
4.09%
2.37%
2019/2020
56,765
81.58%
11.60%
4.28%
2.55%
2020/2021
56,397
80.05%
12.65%
4.56%
2.73%
2021/2022
46,688
78.14%
14.06%
5.14%
2.66%
- Please note the data has been drawn from our operational database and may be subject to change as
new data is entered or recorded.