2015 Report details for project: Legal Aid Transformation Programme (LAT)
| Project name | Legal Aid Transformation Programme (LAT) - there are 3 reports for this project: 2014, 2015, 2016 |
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| Organisation | MOJ (D18) - see all reports for this organisation |
| Report year | 2015 (data is from September 2014) |
| Category | Transformation - see all reports for this category |
| Description: | The aim of the Legal Aid Transformation Programme (LAT) is to reduce the cost of legal aid through providing a more efficient service, so as to improve public confidence in the system. The objective are: 1: Improve casework to reduce cost, enhance control and give better customer service, 2: Improve organisational capability to meet the challenges ahead, including developing and engaging our people, 3: Build and maintain strong partnerships to secure quality provision and contribute fully to wider justice and Government aims. |
| DCA (RAG) | Amber |
| DCA text: | The Delivery Confidence rating reflects the challenges faced by this well run and tightly managed programme. It is delivering into a contested environment where legal challenge is the norm and at a time when a General Election is close. These external realities have created scheduling issues in the delivery plan which the programme can neither avoid nor resolve on its own. |
| Start date | 2012-12-04 |
| End date | 2015-08-01 |
| Schedule text | The introduction of the Residence Test for civil legal aid was delayed from 4 August 2014. The Government has appealed the Judicial Review judgment. All other reforms scheduled for implementation between December 2013 and July 2014 have been delivered. For example: Restricting the scope of legal aid for prison law, Reducing the use of multiple advocates, Reduction in Expert Fees in Criminal and Civil Family Proceedings, Imposing a financial eligibility threshold in the Crown Court, Harmonising fees paid to self-employed barristers with those paid to other advocates appearing in civil (non-family) proceedings, Court Bundles changes. Prompted by the judgment in a legal challenge to the 2015 Crime Competition Duty Tender, the MoJ launched a consultation in September 2014 seeking evidence relating to specific technical aspects of the KPMG and Otterburn financial reports. The consultation closed on 15 October 2014. This has delayed the commencement of a competitive tender for crime contracts. |
| Baseline | £4.90m |
| Forecast | £3.80m |
| Variance | -22.40% |
| Variance text: | The variance against budget is mainly due to the under spend in capital IT costs and resources (staff costs) due to a delay in implementation of a number of reforms. |
| Whole Life Cost | £11.80m |
| WLCost text: | The Whole Life Costs covers direct implementation; IT changes and the programme team. There are currently no ongoing annual contract costs. However, as a result of the Legal Aid Transformation Programme there will be an ongoing staff costs to the LAA to cover, for example, peer reviews for future years. The estimated savings are derived from the LAA forecasting models; independently quality assured by MoJ analytical team. The programme has already implemented over 70% of its reforms. |
| Notes1: | Legal Aid Transformation |
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| Sourcefile | IPA_2015.csv |
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