<\/strong><\/p><\/td>Under 18<\/strong><\/p><\/td>18 to 24<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>Oct 2013 to Mar 2014<\/p><\/td> | 36<\/p><\/td> | 56<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Apr 2014 to Sep 2014<\/p><\/td> | 14<\/p><\/td> | 39<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> Please note: Age data for Exceptional Case Funding applicants was collected from October 2013 onwards. The latest available published data is to September 2014 and the figures supplied show each individual applicant only once.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) children under 18 and (b) 18 to 24 year olds received legal aid in (i) 2011-12, (ii) 2012-13 and (iii) 2013-14.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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- Barney-Smith v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government<\/li>
- Dear v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government<\/li>
- Connors, Connors, Sines, Lee, and Doran v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government \u2013 five separate claims heard together.<\/li><\/ul>
<\/p> Hence, any payment of costs in Moore vs Coates needs to be seen in this context as my Department has successfully defended the eight claims above and costs are due to my Department.<\/p> <\/p> To place the Department\u2019s spending in context more broadly, I would observe that the Department spent £1.7 million in external lawyers\u2019 fees in 2009-10 (excluding Treasury Solicitors), in 2013-14, the figure had fallen to £699,000.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much the Government spent on legal fees in the case of Moore and Coates v the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, in which ruling was made on 21 January 2015.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to his contribution of 1 December 2014, Official Report, column 72, on the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill, what estimate he has made of the number of applications for judicial review which were granted on minor technicalities since 2010.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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