asked the Minister for Justice if he will indicate the names of the persons who were granted criminal legal aid in each of the past five years where the amount of money exceeded £2,000, £5,000, £10,000 and £20,000.
Written Answers. - Criminal Legal Aid.
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Records are not maintained in such a way as to provide the information sought which could not be compiled except by the expenditure of a disproportionate amount of staff time. Even if the information could be compiled, there would be an obvious objection to its disclosure in the case of defendants who had not been convicted.