Disclosure Log

The disclosure log provides summary descriptions of the nature of information requested and released under the Code on Access to Information (“the Code”) by this department. The disclosure log will be updated on a quarterly basis.

Member of the public who wishes to obtain any information listed in the disclosure log has to make an information request to our Access to Information Officer. Such requests will be handled in accordance with the Code.

January to March 2020

Entry / Reference number	Information requested and released
202001	Information in relation to the operation of hotline of the Department
202002	Whether the Department maintain a supplier’s list and how to gain access to the information of the Department’s open tenders
202003	Whether the enquirer was on the Department’s suppliers list and how to register to the list

April to June 2020

There were no new entries in this quarter.

July to September 2020

Entry / Reference number	Information requested and released
202007	Information about non-HK residents applying legal aid for judicial review
202008	Statistics of LAD’s budgets in the past 10 years and pay rate of lawyers with successful outcomes
202009	Number of habeas corpus applications granted and refused from 2009 to 2019.
202011	Number on legal aid appeals heard and allowed from 2017 to 2019.

October to December 2020

Entry / Reference number	Information requested and released
202012	Number of legal aid applications for judicial review of Torture Claims Appeal Board decisions granted and refused from 2014 to Q3/2020
202013	Number of legal aid applications and applications for judicial review of non-refoulement claims from 2015 to Q3/2020
202014	Number of civil legal aid applications in the past 10 years and Circular on Complaints Handling
202015	Number of panel lawyers placed on / released from the Record of Unsatisfactory Performance / Conduct from 2015 to 2019 and the mechanism of performance evaluation of panel lawyers
202016	Establishment and strength of Legal Aid Counsel Grade Number of applications/offers in Legal Aid Counsel Recruitment exercises 2017 and 2018 Number of Legal Aid Counsel resigned in 2018 and 2019

Note: The disclosure log does not cover requests from individual persons/companies for information about themselves and their complaint cases, or requests for information already published or available through an existing charged service.