Disclosure Log

The disclosure log provides summary descriptions of the nature of information requested and released under the Code on Access to Information (“the Code”) by this department. The disclosure log will be updated on a quarterly basis.

Member of the public who wishes to obtain any information listed in the disclosure log has to make an information request to our Access to Information Officer. Such requests will be handled in accordance with the Code.

January to March 2018

There were no new entries in this quarter.

April to June 2018
Entry / Reference number	Information requested and released
201801	Monthly salary and allowance received by Director of Legal Aid in 2017
201802	Statistics on legal aid applications relating to judicial review in 2015, 2016 & 2017
201803	Statistics on complaints from 2008 to 2017

July to September 2018
Entry / Reference number	Information requested and released
201804	The establishment and strength as of 1.7.2018 as well as the minimum, maximum and omitted points (if any) of the pay scale of the grades (in each rank) managed by Legal Aid Department (LAD) The number of total applicants and applicants who were offered appointments in the recruitment exercises conducted by LAD with application closing dates falling between 1.1.2014 and 30.6.2017 The number of officers resigned from 1.1.2014 to 31.12.2017 in the grades managed by LAD

October to December 2018
Entry / Reference number	Information requested and released
201805	The number of legal aid certificates granted in civil and criminal cases in 2015, 2016 and 2017
201806	Disclosure log entry / reference number 201801, 201802 and 201803

Note: The disclosure log does not cover requests from individual persons/companies for information about themselves and their complaint cases, or requests for information already published or available through an existing charged service.