Criminal legal aid grants in New Zealand

By gender, year ended June 2013–2022, number of grants

The following information applies to all values in the table. Measure: Number of Legal Aid grants, Legal Aid type: Criminal
Year ended June	Gender	Number of grants
2013	Female	9,172
2014	Female	8,839
2015	Female	9,393
2016	Female	10,412
2017	Female	10,883
2018	Female	10,768
2019	Female	9,653
2020	Female	9,048
2021	Female	8,653
2022	Female	6,184
2013	Male	38,588
2014	Male	36,830
2015	Male	38,338
2016	Male	41,590
2017	Male	42,234
2018	Male	43,224
2019	Male	39,850
2020	Male	38,794
2021	Male	37,080
2022	Male	30,092
2013	Other	0
2014	Other	1
2015	Other	2
2016	Other	0
2017	Other	0
2018	Other	3
2019	Other	3
2020	Other	2
2021	Other	3
2022	Other	0
2013	Unknown	2,230
2014	Unknown	2,253
2015	Unknown	2,412
2016	Unknown	2,619
2017	Unknown	2,940
2018	Unknown	3,493
2019	Unknown	8,598
2020	Unknown	9,272
2021	Unknown	11,017
2022	Unknown	10,590

Notes

Since late-2017, gender is no longer collected on the criminal legal aid, the family legal, aid and the civil legal aid application forms.

Definitions

Legal aid: Legal aid is government funding to pay for legal help for people who cannot afford a lawyer.
Criminal grants: Legal aid granted in respect of criminal matters.
Family grants: Legal aid available for family disputes or problems that could go to court, including disputes over relationship property, child support or maintenance, and care of children, protection orders, adoption, paternity etc.
Civil grants: Legal aid available for civil disputes or problems that could go to court or a tribunal. This includes debt recovery, breaches of contract, defamation, and bankruptcy proceedings. It also includes proceedings before tribunals or specialist courts.
Waitangi Tribunal: Legal Aid Services for Proceedings before Waitangi Tribunal.