Guidance

Legal Aid Agency payments to providers

Check dates for processing (crime and civil) and planned BACS payments, get financial statements, switch to variable monthly payments.

Applies to England and Wales

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 you’re signed up to use to LAA online.

PSOA Dates 2021/2022

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

PSOA delivery date | Period covered -|-

02 April 2021 26 February - 25 March 2021
07 May 2021 26 March - 29 April 2021
04 June 2021 30 April - 27 May 2021
02 July 2021 28 May - 24 June 2021
06 August 2021 25 June - 29 July 2021
03 September 2021 30 July - 26 August 2021
01 October 2021 27 August - 30 September 2021
05 November 2021 01 October - 28 October 2021
03 December 2021 29 October - 25 November 2021
07 January 2022 26 November - 30 December 2021
04 February 2022 31 December - 27 January 2022
04 March 2022 28 January - 24 February 2022
01 April 2022 25 February - 31 March 2022

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 you’re paid by BACS.

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

You’ll 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 2021 - 2022

Monthly payment 1 Monthly payment 2 Monthly payment 3 Monthly payment 4 Monthly payment 5
06 Dec 13 Dec 20 Dec 29 Dec n/a
04 Jan 10 Jan 17 Jan 24 Jan 31 Jan
07 Feb 14 Feb 21 Feb 28 Feb n/a
07 Mar 14 Mar 21 Mar 28 Mar n/a
04 Apr 11 Apr 19 Apr 25 Apr n/a
03 May 09 May 16 May 23 May 30 May
07 Jun 13 Jun 20 Jun 27 Jun n/a
04 Jul 11 Jul 18 Jul 25 Jul n/a
01 Aug 05 Aug 15 Aug 22 Aug 30 Aug
05 Sep 12 Sep 19 Sep 26 Sep n/a
03 Oct 10 Oct 17 Oct 24 Oct 31 Oct
07 Nov 14 Nov 21 Nov 28 Nov n/a
05 Dec 12 Dec 19 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

Published 1 June 2014
Last updated 20 October 2022 + show all updates
  1. Postal address and email address for Provider Records updated.

  2. Updated Monthly payment dates 2021 - 2022

  3. Updated the PSOA delivery date

  4. Updated the PSOA delivery date

  5. Monthly payment dates updated.

  6. Correction to the list of monthly payment dates for the weeks beginning 3 August and 1 September.

  7. PSOA dates updated.

  8. Monthly payment dates updated.

  9. Monthly payment dates updated.

  10. Provider Statement of Account delivery dates have been updated.

  11. Updated monthly payments

  12. Updated monthly payments

  13. Monthly payments dates updated.

  14. Dates updated.

  15. Monthly BACS payment dates updated.

  16. Provider payment dates updated.

  17. Monthly payment dates updated.

  18. New monthly payment dates added

  19. New provider statement of account dates added

  20. First published.