- Purpose
- To detect, prevent and investigate suspected fraud against LAA
- Information sharing benefits
- Ability to detect, corroborate, investigate and prosecute fraudulent legal aid claims using definitive, structured and timely government data.
Reduce overpayments due to fraud
Improve efficiency of Counter Fraud activity in respect of receipt and assessment of client-based allegations through use of definitive, structured and up to date government data
Build an evidence base from which to identify fraudulent opportunities and or loopholes in the legal aid application process
Provide assurance in respect of genuinely claimed legal aid funded applications
- Disclosed information
- Data items will be the minimum data items to allow this pilot’s aims to be achieved. The data being shared by LAA with HMRC comprises name, date of birth and where known NINO.
- Information sharing method
- Within Secure Platform
- Contact
- privacy@justice.gov.uk
- Start date
- 2026-06-30
- End date
- 2036-06-29
- Review date
- 2036-06-29
- Retention period
- P5Y
- Isa status
- Active
- Id
- 629
- Notes
- Previous pilot register ID ref 249, now continued as Business as Usual.