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<p>The total legal costs of the proceedings in the High Court, Court of Appeal and
Supreme Court in respect of MA & Others, Re A and Rutherford, which concerned
the under-occupancy penalty, as of the 9 November 2016, when the Supreme Court judgement
was handed down, was £484,077.94.</p><p>This figure includes the costs of the Supreme
Court proceedings in respect of MA & Others, Re A and Rutherford, as of the 9
November 2016, which was £206,842.65. Previous references to this figure were made
during an Urgent Question debate and also in a recent PQ answer.</p><p>These can be
found at:</p><p><a href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2016-11-14/debates/D5D5E72C-3772-46E6-8A4F-15A8F8EBA19A/Under-OccupancyCharge"
target="_blank">https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2016-11-14/debates/D5D5E72C-3772-46E6-8A4F-15A8F8EBA19A/Under-OccupancyCharge</a></p><p><a
href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&max=20&questiontype=AllQuestions&house=commons%2clords&uin=53044"
target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&max=20&questiontype=AllQuestions&house=commons%2clords&uin=53044</a></p><p>It
should be noted that the above figures include Counsel’s fees, Government Legal Department
litigation fees and other disbursements as well as VAT where payable.</p><p>Government
Legal Department litigation have worked approximately 1365.9 hours in relation to
these proceedings. Time spent by Government advisory lawyers is not recorded in a
manner that allows it to be attributed to individual cases. Time spent by policy officials
supporting lawyers is also not recorded.</p>
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