LSANI - Operational performance for February 2025

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Charts and graphs showing the performance in LAMS for the Legal Services Agency Northern Ireland for the month of February 2025.

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For more information on performance please view the LSANI KPIs for February 2025.

LSANI graph – LAMS applications received, completed, withdrawn and awaiting determination – February 2021 to February 2025 — NOTES: Civil ‘Completed’ now include applications where the outcome has been granted, refused, or has been escalated from Advice and Assistance to Rep Lower or is Undetermined.

LSANI graphs – LAMS civil applications received by type - April 2020 to February 2025 — NOTE: All figures reflect respective month-end positions and have not been retrospectively revised to incorporate any subsequent changes or adjustments made in succeeding months.

LSANI graphs – LAMS civil applications completed by type - April 2020 to February 2025 — NOTE: All figures reflect respective month-end positions and have not been retrospectively revised to incorporate any subsequent changes or adjustments made in succeeding months.

LSANI graphs – LAMS criminal applications received and completed by court tier - April 2020 to February 2025 — NOTE: Criminal legal aid is granted by NICtS and cases are retrospectively transferred to LAMS. For the purposes of the dashboard, criminal applications are automatically considered as completed upon receipt by LSANI.

LSANI graph – LAMS rep higher emergency applications received and completed - February 2024 to February 2025 — NOTE: All figures reflect respective month-end positions and have not been retrospectively revised to incorporate any subsequent changes or adjustments made in succeeding months.

LSANI graphs – LAMS exceptional preparation requests received and completed by court tier including values claimed vs values assessed – March 2024 to February 2025 — NOTES: Figures are based on the month in which requests were completed and do not necessarily reflect the month they were received. Not all requests submitted in a particular month will be completed within that same month.

LSANI graphs – LAMS rep higher appeal requests received and completed – March 2024 to February 2025 — NOTE: Figures reflect the number of cases completed on LAMS before the respective month end. Additional panels may have been scheduled and heard before month end, but not recorded on LAMS until the beginning of the succeeding month.

LSANI graphs – LAMS payment volumes – March 2023 to February 2025 — NOTES: Since April 2023, figures for completed volume include the total number determined and rejected at each month-end position. This change has been applied retrospectively to the entire time-series.

LSANI graphs – LAMS payment values - March 2023 to February 2025 — NOTES: Since April 2023, figures for Authorised value of payments include the total amount authorised and rejected at each month-end position. This change has been applied retrospectively to the entire time-series.

LSANI graphs – LAMS civil payment request volumes received by type - April 2020 to February 2025 — NOTE: All figures reflect respective month-end positions and have not been retrospectively revised to incorporate any subsequent changes or adjustments made in succeeding months.

LSANI graphs – LAMS payment request volumes received by court tier - April 2020 to February 2025 — NOTE: A breakdown of Criminal payments received, by court tier, was not produced prior to September 2020 and therefore is not presented above.

LSANI graphs – LAMS payment request volumes completed by type - April 2020 to February 2025 — NOTE: All figures reflect respective month-end positions and have not been retrospectively revised to incorporate any subsequent changes or adjustments made in succeeding months.

LSANI graphs – LAMS volume of payment requests awaiting assessment – January & February 2025 — NOTES: Figures exclude payment requests that cannot currently be assessed by LSANI (87 in January and 86 in February). This includes payment requests submitted previously by suppliers who have not yet registered on LAMS.

LSANI table – LAMS adjudications current processing dates as at 31 January 2025 & 3 March 2025 — Adjudications current processing dates as at 31 January 2025 & 3 March 2025

LSANI table – LAMS payments current processing dates as at 31 January 2025 & 28 February 2025 — NOTE: CR assessments do not result in an immediate payment.

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LSANI - Operational performance for February 2025