Guidance

CWA codes guidance

Guidance on which controlled work codes to use when submitting your legal aid claim in CWA (civil, crime lower, procurement etc).

• From: Legal Aid Agency
• Published: 1 June 2014
• Last updated: 21 December 2023 — See all updates

Applies to England and Wales

Documents

Guidance for Reporting Crime Lower Work

PDF, 2.18 MB, 116 pages

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Civil rejection code guidance

PDF, 185 KB, 1 page

Procurement areas and access points v1.9 (September 2024)

PDF, 4.01 MB, 119 pages

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Guidance for reporting controlled work v38 (November 2024)

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Guidance for reporting work under the mediation contract v6 (September 2024)

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Details

Codes to use for submissions to LAA Online, including:

• civil codes, including rejection codes
• crime codes
• codes for procurement areas, access points and delivery locations

CWA user guides

CWA system updates and guides to changes in reporting civil and crime work are available here.

Published 1 June 2014
Last updated 21 December 2023 + show all updates

1. 21 December 2023

   Update to document; Guidance for reporting Controlled Work March 2023 - v35

2. 26 June 2023

   Replacing existing Guidance for Reporting Crime Lower Work document with this latest version - required so that the provider is guided to the current version of the Crime Contract 2022 otherwise there is a risk of miscommunication and reputational damage

3. 1 September 2022

   CWA changes following introduction of early billing for asylum standard fee cases

4. 27 January 2022

   An error message has been amended to provide clarity as to what is required of the Tolerance Indicator and dependents.

5. 9 December 2021

   Updated Procurement Areas with related Access Points added. Changes are in Immigration and, Immigration - Asylum sections. New codes are PA00187 and PA00188.

6. 29 October 2021

   CWA Changes as a result of the introduction of advice for Immigration and Asylum detainees in prison in response to successful challenge

7. 7 June 2021

   replace the Guidance for Reporting Crime Lower Work with version 11 of the same guidance

8. 2 March 2021

   Guidance for reporting controlled work updated.

9. 19 January 2021

   Guidance for reporting controlled work updated.

10. 4 January 2021

    Guidance for reporting controlled work updated for the EU Exit.

11. 10 November 2020

    Guidance for reporting controlled work updated.

12. 27 October 2020

    An update to the 'guidance for reporting controlled work - October 2020' document to correct the family sections on the codes guidance.

13. 14 October 2020

    Version 10 of the Crime Lower Codes Guidance published.

14. 12 October 2020

    Guidance for reporting controlled work updated with new CWA codes.

15. 1 October 2020

    Revised Guidance for Reporting Controlled Work published.

16. 13 July 2020

    Guidance for Reporting Controlled Work updated.

17. 26 June 2020

    Updated Crime Lower Codes Guidance published.

18. 10 June 2020

    Guidance for reporting controlled work updated.

19. 2 December 2019

    Ammended document

20. 20 September 2019

    Guidance for reporting controlled work matters updated.

21. 22 July 2019

    Updated guidance for reporting crime lower work published.

22. 7 September 2018

    Updated guidance for reporting Controlled Work & Controlled Work matters.

23. 11 June 2018

    'Guidance for Reporting Crime Lower Work' updated with June 2018 Prison Law Amendments.

24. 1 June 2018

    'Guidance for Reporting Controlled Work Matters' has been updated as providers will need to start reporting the number of independent medical reports for controlled work from their June 2018 submission onwards.

25. 8 January 2018

    Guidance for reporting controlled work matters updated.

26. 31 March 2017

    Reporting crime lower work guidance updated.

27. 30 October 2015

    Updated guidance for reporting controlled work matters

28. 26 March 2015

    Guidance for reporting family mediation work added.

29. 23 March 2015

    Updated guidance for reporting controlled work and crime lower.

30. 1 June 2014

    First published.