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Annual Report 2004-2005 Changes to the legal aid system are making it more effective for people who want access to justice, according to our Annual Report 2004-2005. The Board further improved its service levels to applicants and the legal profession and made significant progress with the modernisation of the legal aid system. The Board reports that in 2004-2005 428,821 grants of legal aid were made, which was 3% lower than the previous year. However, the cost to taxpayers of funding legal aid grew 4% last year to £152.4 million, the highest ever level. The rise is mainly because of an increase in the number of grants and costs of criminal legal aid.
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