The following table shows the number of judicial review cases brought against the Department and Public Health England (PHE) since 2010. Until 2013, information was not held centrally on whether the decisions challenged in these applications were upheld.<\/p>
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<\/strong><\/p> <\/p> Year<\/p><\/td> Department of Health<\/p><\/td> Public Health England (an executive agency of the Department)<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> <\/p><\/td> Number of applications for judicial review made during year<\/p><\/td> Number of applications for judicial review made during year<\/p><\/td> Number of applications upheld during year<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2010<\/p><\/td> 35<\/p><\/td> -<\/p><\/td> -<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2011<\/p><\/td> 26<\/p><\/td> -<\/p><\/td> -<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2012<\/p><\/td> 27<\/p><\/td> -<\/p><\/td> -<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2013<\/p><\/td> 29<\/p><\/td> 1*<\/p><\/td> 2**<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2014<\/p><\/td> 11 to date<\/p><\/td> 0 to date<\/p><\/td> 0 to date<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> *This application was made prior to 31 March 2013, before the formation of PHE.<\/p> <\/p> ** These were successful challenges against decisions of the Department of Health, the two applications were joined and dealt with together.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/58436/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Judicial review is an important way of challenging decisions by public authorities and will remain so. The recently amended regulations do not prevent people receiving legal aid in judicial review cases.<\/p> <\/p> The Government's policy is that limited legal aid resources should be targeted at those judicial review cases where they are needed most, if the legal aid system is to command public confidence and credibility. We amended the Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 2013 to implement the proposal that legal aid providers should only be paid for work carried out on an application for permission if permission is given by the court, subject to a discretion to pay providers for work carried out on an application for permission in cases that conclude prior to a permission decision. The discretion is held by the Lord Chancellor but will be exercised by the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) on behalf of the Lord Chancellor. The amendments took effect on 22 April 2014.<\/p> <\/p>