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 v37 (29 October 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.

Updates to this page

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  8. Guidance for reporting controlled work updated.

  9. Guidance for reporting controlled work updated.

  10. Guidance for reporting controlled work updated for the EU Exit.

  11. Guidance for reporting controlled work updated.

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

  13. Version 10 of the Crime Lower Codes Guidance published.

  14. Guidance for reporting controlled work updated with new CWA codes.

  15. Revised Guidance for Reporting Controlled Work published.

  16. Guidance for Reporting Controlled Work updated.

  17. Updated Crime Lower Codes Guidance published.

  18. Guidance for reporting controlled work updated.

  19. Ammended document

  20. Guidance for reporting controlled work matters updated.

  21. Updated guidance for reporting crime lower work published.

  22. Updated guidance for reporting Controlled Work & Controlled Work matters.

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

  24. '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. Guidance for reporting controlled work matters updated.

  26. Reporting crime lower work guidance updated.

  27. Updated guidance for reporting controlled work matters

  28. Guidance for reporting family mediation work added.

  29. Updated guidance for reporting controlled work and crime lower.

  30. First published.

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