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Guidance: Legal Aid Agency payments to providers

Legal Aid Agency

May 3
08:00 2023

Proposal to remove standard monthly payments from future contracts

We are seeking your views on the advantages of moving all providers on to a single system of monthly payments. This would mean removing the option of standard monthly payments (SMP) from future legal aid contracts. All providers would instead be moved to variable monthly payments (VMP).

We are inviting representative bodies and all providers to take part in an engagement exercise, which includes a questionnaire.

The engagement exercise will close on 30 June 2023.

We will publish a response to the engagement exercise in August 2023.

Read our SMP impact assessment (PDF, 237 KB, 8 pages).

Read SMP engagement exercise (PDF, 395 KB, 19 pages) for further information and how to provide feedback.

Management information online service

Using the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) MI online service, you can access, download and print financial statements from your own office or from the whole firm.

This service is only available if youre signed up to use to LAA online.

PSOA dates 2023

The PSOA gives you a summary document of all account transactions.

PSOA delivery date | Period covered-|-

6 January 2023 December 2022
3 February 2023 January 2023
3 March 2023 February 2023
7 April 2023 March 2023
3 May 2023 April 2023
2 June 2023 May 2023
5 July 2023 June 2023
3 August 2023 July 2023
7 September 2023 August 2023
4 October 2023 September 2023
2 November 2023 October 2023
6 December 2023 November 2023
5 January 2024 December 2023

BACS payments

Once your bill is ready for payment, it might take up to 8 working days for the money to reach your account if youre paid by BACS.

Help us process claims more quickly by waiting 8 days before contacting our customer services team about payments.

Youll normally receive remittance advice on the payment date, unless there are problems with the postal system.

We make contract payments in the first week of the month (payment 1).

Note: the payment date stated on remittance advice slips will appear as 3 working days before you receive funds, due to additional processing time.

Monthly payment dates 2022 - 2023

Monthly payment 1 Monthly payment 2 Monthly payment 3 Monthly payment 4 Monthly payment 5
5 Dec 12 Dec 19 Dec 28 Dec n/a
3 Jan 9 Jan 16 Jan 23 Jan 30 Jan
6 Feb 13 Feb 20 Feb 27 Feb n/a
6 Mar 13 Mar 20 Mar 27 Mar n/a
3 Apr 11 Apr 17 Apr 24 Apr n/a
2 May 8 May 15 May 21 May 30 May
5 Jun 12 Jun 19 Jun 26 Jun n/a
3 Jul 10 Jul 17 Jul 24 Jul 31 Jul
7 Aug 14 Aug 21 Aug 29 Aug n/a
4 Sep 11 Sep 18 Sep 25 Sep n/a
2 Oct 9 Oct 16 Oct 23 Oct 30 Oct
6 Nov 13 Nov 20 Nov 27 Nov n/a
4 Dec 11 Dec 18 Dec tbd tbd

Monthly LAA payment process

Variable monthly payments guidance

You can choose variable monthly payments if you provide civil (legal help) and crime (lower) work.

Switch to the LAA variable monthly payments scheme (MS Word Document, 33 KB)

Civil processing

Crime processing

Update your details

Note: we hold your details in a database.

Send any changes to your details in writing to:

Provider Records
Legal Aid Agency
102 Petty France
Area 13 Floor
Westminster
London
SW1H 9AJ

Email: ProviderRecords-London@justice.gov.uk

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