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Civil justice statistics in Scotland: 2018-2019

The 2018-2019 civil justice statistics in Scotland release includes main statistics tables, figures and supplementary statistics tables.

Table 29: Civil Legal Aid Grants^{1, 2}, 2012-13 to 2018-19

Family subject matters	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19
Appeals - family	-	-	-	32	39	34	38
Contact/parentage	3,590	3,345	3,043	2,669	2,804	2,599	2,767
Divorce/separation	2,295	2,240	1,929	1,814	1,817	1,688	1,627
Property/monetary	343	321	294	262	247	236	250
Protective order	530	407	328	284	301	315	290
Residence	1,412	1,360	1,190	1,120	1,192	1,179	1,350
Family/matrimonial - other	643	697	655	655	688	764	808
Total civil legal aid grants - family	8,813	8,370	7,439	6,836	7,088	6,815	7,130
Non-family subject matters
Adults with incapacity	2,663	3,024	3,587	4,083	4,385	4,603	4,802
Appeals - other	126	131	107	106	100	59	53
Breach of contract	30	31	15	16	17	10	15
Debt	125	99	122	109	120	82	58
Discrimination	-	3	1	1	7	3	0
Fatal accident inquiries	8	12	12	12	16	14	19
Housing/recovery of heritable property	758	807	787	692	840	791	729
Immigration and asylum	173	198	277	333	234	189	301
Judicial review	68	75	65	80	35	90	64
Medical negligence	58	94	86	61	76	74	54
Reparation	231	235	187	193	239	90	103
Other	374	330	292	295	268	273	233
Total civil legal aid grants - non-family	4,614	5,039	5,538	5,981	6,337	6,278	6,431
Total civil legal aid grants	13,427	13,409	12,977	12,817	13,425	13,093	13,561

1. Figures supplied by the Scottish Legal Aid Board.

2. Note that, granted cases may not always proceed.

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