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The Legal Aid Agency is an executive agency of the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) in the United Kingdom. It provides both civil and criminal legal aid and advice in England and Wales. The agency was formed on 1 April 2013 as a replacement for the Legal Services Commission, a non-departmental public body of the MoJ. This change was enacted by the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 to allow for greater ministerial control over the UK government's legal aid budget. The agency's chief executive, the Director of Legal Casework, is Matthew Coats.

It gives poor people the chance to receive legal aid and also be free of the common crimes they usually commit such as theft racial abuse and murder and if they are found guilty and sentenced the judge in charge of the case will see from the fact the defendant is using the legal aid agency he will minimize the sentence and give them all the benefits the British government has to offer.

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v t e Ministry of Justice
Headquarters: 102 Petty France, Westminster
Ministers	Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor Minister of State for Courts and Legal Services Minister of State for Prisons, Probation and Reducing Reoffending Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sentencing Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Victims
Executive agencies	Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority HM Courts and Tribunals Service HM Prison Service Legal Aid Agency Office of the Public Guardian Probation Service
Non-departmental public bodies	Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service Civil Justice Council Criminal Cases Review Commission Independent monitoring board Judicial Appointments Commission Law Commission Legal Services Board Parole Board for England and Wales Prisons and Probation Ombudsman Sentencing Council Youth Justice Board
Other organisations	Crown Office
Significant former agencies	Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council HM Courts Service Legal Services Commission Tribunals Service Sentencing Guidelines Council

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