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  "Total crime and total civil expenditure as Tables 1.1 and 1.2 give them, in £ thousand, unrounded. Criminal legal aid pays for advice at police stations and representation in the magistrates' courts (crime lower) and in the Crown Court and above (crime higher); civil legal aid for legal help, mediation and representation in family and other civil cases, less the costs an opponent meets. A blank is a quarter whose figure the tables do not give yet ('..').",
  "Quarters are the Ministry of Justice's, shown by the calendar months they cover. Recent quarters are revised as late claims come in."
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