Disclosure Team
Ministry of Justice
102 Petty France
London
SW1H 9AJ
Mark Spaven
xxxx.xxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx.xx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
13 May 2019
Dear Mr Spaven
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Request – 190410010
Thank you for your request dated 10 April 2019 in which you asked for the following
information from the Ministry of Justice (MoJ):
Please tell me how Legal Aid money was paid to Ceon Broughton for his
manslaughter case.
Your request has been handled under the FOIA.
I can confirm that the MoJ holds the information that you have requested and I have
provided it below. For the avoidance of doubt, payment is made to the legal representatives
of a defendant, rather than to the defendant themselves:
Name
Total
Ceon Broughton
£24,068.90
As the trial ended recently LAA have not received all the bills on these cases and providers
representing the individuals have up to 3 months from the date case concluded to submit
their bills to LAA for assessment.
Please note that the above costs include VAT and disbursements; disbursements are
expenses incurred which although paid by the LAA directly to the providers, are then paid to
other parties involved in the case.
Anyone facing a Crown Court trial is eligible for legal aid, subject to a strict means test.
Depending on their means, applicants for criminal legal aid can be required to pay
contributions up to the entire cost of the defence.
The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) records data on legal aid granted at the police station,
magistrates court or prison on a computer system which does not record all of the personal
information needed to allow individuals to be conclusively identified. Initials and surnames
are recorded but not full names or dates of birth. Where possible, we look at other related
information to confirm that such legal aid claims relate to the individual(s) named in a
Freedom of Information request so that we can include the information as appropriate, but if
we are not able verify that a claim relates to the individual(s) named we cannot include it in
our response.
Appeal Rights
If you are not satisfied with this response you have the right to request an internal review by
responding in writing to one of the addresses below within two months of the date of this
response.
xxxx.xxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Disclosure Team, Ministry of Justice, 10.38, 102 Petty France, London, SW1H 9AJ
You do have the right to ask the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) to investigate any
aspect of your complaint. However, please note that the ICO is likely to expect internal
complaints procedures to have been exhausted before beginning their investigation.
Yours sincerely
Information Governance
Legal Aid Agency
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