The Department for Transport does not hold the information requested regarding the number of infrastructure related incidents on the East Coast Main Line.<\/p>
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In Control Period 5, Network Rail plan to spend £3 billion (in 2012-13 prices) on maintaining and renewing the London and North East Route, which includes the East Coast Main Line. The planned spend for Control Period 6 will be finalised later this year.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4336", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Callanan"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lord Callanan"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-07-11", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-07-11T15:41:41.77Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "27"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Transport"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Transport"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-06-28", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "East Coast Main Line"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "Her Majesty's Government how many infrastructure related incidents have occurred on the East Coast Main Line during the last six months which have led to passenger trains being delayed by more than 60 minutes; and what finance is being made available to Network Rail to address those incidents during Control Period 5 and Control Period 6.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/2483", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Bradshaw"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Bradshaw"} ], "uin" : "HL223"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/746082", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Cabinet Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/746082/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The Government's manifesto re-affirms the commitment to deliver equal and updated boundaries and reduce the size of the House of Commons.<\/p>
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Anyone facing a Crown Court trial is eligible for legal aid, subject to a strict means test.<\/p>
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The table below shows the legal aid paid to represent John Downey for representation at the police station and in court between May 2013-December 2014:<\/p>
Criminal Legal representation at<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Provider Type<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Provider Name<\/strong><\/p><\/td> <\/strong><\/p><\/td> Total<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Police station<\/p><\/td> Solicitor<\/p><\/td> Birnberg Peirce LTD<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td> £293.40<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Crown court trial costs<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td> £18,412.07<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Barrister<\/p><\/td> Henry Blaxland QC<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td> £20,089.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Mark J Summers<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td> £12,966.79<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Total costs<\/strong><\/p><\/td> <\/strong><\/p><\/td> £51,761.26<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p>"}
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