Number of Representation Orders Issued at Northallerton, Newton Aycliffe, Darlington, Peterlee
Our Reference: 83850 / July 2013
Freedom of Information Request
You asked for the following information from the Legal Aid Agency (LAA), an Executive Agency of the Ministry of Justice (MoJ):
“Could you please provide me with the number of Representation Orders issued at the following Courts and for the following dates;
Northallerton Magistrates Court
Newton Aycliffe Magistrates Court
Darlington Magistrates Court
Peterlee Magistrates Court
Harrogate Magistrates Court
York Magistrates Court
1st Jan 2013 - 31st May 2013
1st Jan 2012 - 31st Dec 2012
Could you please show us the total number of Rep Orders issued during these periods and then show us separately the number of Rep Orders issued to Watson Woodhouse clients during these periods..”
Your request has been handled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).
I can confirm that the department holds the information you have asked for, and I am pleased to provide you with the following:
Jan-12 to Dec-12 / Jan-13 to May-13 / Sum:Court / Court / Watson Woodhouse / Court / Watson Woodhouse / Court / Watson Woodhouse
Harrogate / 1,028 / 1 / 460 / 2 / 1,488 / 3
North Durham (Peterlee) / 2,393 / 5 / 993 / 3 / 3,386 / 8
Northallerton and Richmond / 533 / 75 / 256 / 54 / 789 / 129
South Durham (Newton & Darlington) / 2,913 / 117 / 1,079 / 56 / 3,992 / 173
York / 2,565 / 4 / 1,138 / 3,703 / 4
Sum: / 9,432 / 202 / 3,926 / 115 / 13,358 / 317
Points to note the following caveats to the above information:
· Our records show that Watson Woodhouse has been issued 4 different provider account numbers. However only 3 (0N235Z, 1T422A & 2C002B) were listed in the raw data from which the data was taken from;
· We have interpreted “Representation Orders issued at” as Criminal Legal Aid Orders granted;
· The magistrate court areas we record are different to those requested and the above breakdown is set out according to our records. Below is a list which sets out where the magistrate courts requested sit in relation to the breakdown provided above:
o ‘Northallerton’ appears as ‘Northallerton and Richmond’ in our records
o ‘Newton Aycliffe’ appears as ‘South Durham’ in our records
o ‘Darlington’ also appears as ‘South Durham’ in our records
o ‘Peterlee’ appears as ‘North Durham’ in our records
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