89.5% of problems brought to MPs involve legal or access to justice issues

New report from Hogan Lovells, the All Party Parliamentary Group on Pro Bono, and LawWorks:

‘Mind the Gap: an assessment of unmet legal need in London’, assessed the extent of legal need at 40 MP surgeries across London. MPs from 21 constituencies took part, representing over a third (37%) of London’s 5,266,904 strong electorate.

A team of Hogan Lovells volunteers visited the surgeries over two months, during which time they recorded visits by 325 constituents with 352 problems.

Of those problems, a staggering 89.5% of problems brought to MPs involved legal or access to justice issues, among them 37% housing issues, 23% immigration issues, and 13% welfare issues.

More: https://www.lawworks.org.uk/about-us/news/elected-e-legal-inquiries-0