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 2019
Entry / Reference number	Information requested and released
201901	Any measures in connection with Article 12 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child to promote child participation in the Legal Aid Department’s work?

April to June 2019
Entry / Reference number	Information requested and released
201903	Disclosure log entry / reference number 201804
201905	Between 1.1.2018 and 31.3.2019, the number of legal aid applications for judicial review received and outcomes.

July – September 2019
Entry / Reference number	Information requested and released
201906	Between 1.1.2018 and 31.3.2019, the number of legal aid applications for judicial review in respect of non-refoulement claims received and outcomes.
201907	Between 1.1.2018 and 31.3.2019, the number of adjournment requests in judicial review hearings in respect of non-refoulement claims in the Court of First Instance, Court of Appeal and Court of Final Appeal received and outcomes.
201908	The total amount of legal aid cost in respect of judicial review matters claimed and awarded in 2018 and the average time taken from cost being claimed to cost being finally assessed and paid.

October - December 2019
Entry / Reference number	Information requested and released
201909	Selection criteria and statistics regarding the last 5 Law Clerk Recruitment Exercises
201910	New grade created in the Department in 2018-2020 and its details
201911	Details of government vehicles owned by the Department

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.