Legal Services Commission

The LSC was responsible for a budget of around £2 billion annually, and helping over 2 million people with their legal problems across England and Wales each year.

Sponsored by the Ministry of Justice, the LSC helped to protect the fundamental rights of the individual and addressed problems that contribute to social exclusion.

The LSC was responsible for the development and administration of two service programmes: The CLA aimed to improve access to quality information and help for civil legal problems, in fields such as family, debt and housing law.

The LSC's tendering exercise for the procurement of mental health services in England and Wales took place in 2010.

[4] In the House of Commons on 20 July 2010 Robert Buckland MP made what the Parliamentary Under-secretary of State for Justice, Jonathan Djanogly, described as "serious accusations of mismanagement".