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1488899

registered interest
date	13/07/2022
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Scotland Office: Aviation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much has their Office spent on air travel for (a) Ministers and (b) staff in each year between 2020-22.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	35852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2022 answer text <p>The Scotland Office spend on air travel for (a) Ministers and (b) staff in each year between 2020-22 is shown below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019-20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020-21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021-22</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Ministers</strong></p></td><td><p>£20,238</p></td><td><p>£921</p></td><td><p>£8,664</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Staff</strong></p></td><td><p>£66,766</p></td><td><p>£11,231</p></td><td><p>£40,894</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway answering member printed Mr Alister Jack question first answered 15/07/2022 12:40:21 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1488236

registered interest
date	12/07/2022
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Office: Advertising
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much their Department has spent on advertising in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	34823
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2022 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Office spent the following on advertising:</p><p><strong>(a) 2020 - </strong>£72,110</p><p><strong>(b) 2021 - </strong>£26,353</p><p><strong>(c) January-May 2022 - </strong>£19,572</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 14/07/2022 09:13:50 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1487855

registered interest
date	11/07/2022
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Scotland Office: Consultants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department has spent on consultancy fees in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022; and what the name is of each consultancy contracted.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	33709
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2022 answer text <p>The Scotland Office incurred no spend on consultancy fees during 2020, 2021 or 2022.</p> answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway answering member printed Mr Alister Jack question first answered 13/07/2022 15:13:28 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1486908

registered interest
date	06/07/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much their Department and its associated agencies spent on legal disputes in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	31724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy &amp; Industrial Strategy does not hold centrally the breakdown between advice on legal disputes and other forms of advice and this can only be obtained disproportionally.</p><p> </p><p>Legal, professional and consultancy costs are included within note 4.1 of the BEIS Annual Report and Consolidated Accounts <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/beis-annual-report-and-accounts-2020-to-2021" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Jane Hunt question first answered 14/07/2022 16:12:32 answering member 4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1486909

registered interest
date	06/07/2022
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much their Department and its associated agencies spent on legal disputes in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	31725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2022 answer text <p>The total amount that DCMS spent on litigation services provided by the Government Legal Department and any external law firms and Counsel representing the department was:</p><p>(a) £198,557.00 (inc VAT) in 2020</p><p>(b) £226,283.10 (inc VAT) in 2021</p><p>(c) £197,729.56 (inc VAT) in 2022 (as at 30 June 2022)</p><p>These figures do not include the cost of Government Legal Department advice in relation to employment matters or the cost of advice by external firms or Counsel in relation to matters which did not result in litigation.</p><p>DCMS has one associated agency, Building Digital UK (BDUK). BDUK has not been involved in any litigation since it was established as an executive agency on 1 April 2022 - before that time any costs would have been included in the figures set out above. The organisation does seek legal advice on various matters including to support internal appeals on subsidy control, commercial matters, and compliance cases during the regular course of business.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 15/07/2022 10:13:54 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1486913

registered interest
date	06/07/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much their Department and its associated agencies spent on legal disputes in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	31729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2022 answer text <p>The department only holds data on the Department for Levelling Up, Housing &amp; Communities, the Planning Inspectorate and Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre. The below is spend on litigation, employment and commercial cases managed for the department by the Government Legal Department (GLD).</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Sum of Total invoiced (INC VAT)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Year billed</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Trimmed Client code</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Client description</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2022 (to 30</strong> <strong> <sup>th</sup> June)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>MHCLG/DLUHC</strong></p></td><td><p>MHCLG &amp; DLUHC</p></td><td><p>£1,334,235</p></td><td><p>£1,584,449</p></td><td><p>£1,124,398</p></td><td><p>£4,043,081</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>PINS</strong></p></td><td><p>PLANNING INSPECTORATE</p></td><td><p>£1,583,987</p></td><td><p>£1,538,819</p></td><td><p>£700,167</p></td><td><p>£3,822,973</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>QECC</strong></p></td><td><p>THE Q.E.II CONFERENCE CENTRE</p></td><td><p>£4,868</p></td><td><p>£1,439</p></td><td><p>£1,572</p></td><td><p>£7,878</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><ul><li>Data is from 1/1/2020 to 30/6/2022 inclusive</li><li>Data extracted from GLD’s electronic systems as at 8/7/2022</li><li>Data is shown inclusive of VAT</li><li>Data provided is based upon calendar year</li></ul> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 15/07/2022 12:45:24 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1486914

registered interest
date	06/07/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much their Department and its associated agencies spent on legal disputes in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	31730
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2022 answer text <p>DfT and it’s Executive Agencies have spent the below amounts on Litigation Costs in the last 3 calendar years. The 2022 figure covers up until 8<sup>th</sup> July 2022.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Calendar years</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>£5.1m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>£3.8m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022 <em>(up until 8th July)</em></p></td><td><p>£1.9m</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 13/07/2022 09:51:51 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1486915

registered interest
date	06/07/2022
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Department for Work and Pensions: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much their Department and its associated agencies spent on legal disputes in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	31731
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2022 answer text <p>We have taken “legal dispute” to mean a case where DWP has instructed the litigation team at the Government Legal Department (GLD) to act on its behalf and “associated agencies” to include the arms’ length bodies (ALBs) and agencies included in this list: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations" target="_blank">Departments, agencies and public bodies - GOV.UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p> </p><p>On this basis, the figures that we have been supplied by GLD litigation are calculated from 1st January each year are and are up to 30th June 2022:</p><p> </p><p>2020 £6,271,760</p><p> </p><p>2021 £6,566,573</p><p> </p><p>2022 £3,262,113</p><p> </p><p>These figures are inclusive of;</p><p> </p><ul><li>VAT</li><li>Bills to ALBs from GLD litigation and to DWP agencies, and</li><li>Costs awards either against or in favour of DWP, its ALBs or agencies</li></ul><p> </p><p>The figures are exclusive of;</p><p> </p><ul><li>Expenditure on advisory teams, which may include advice on disputes within the scope of their work, and</li><li>Employment advisory work.</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 15/07/2022 13:21:24 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1486918

registered interest
date	06/07/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much their Department and its associated agencies spent on legal disputes in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	31734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2022 answer text <p>HMT receives its legal services from the Government Legal Department (GLD) and external contractors. We do not disaggregate the costs of disputes as opposed to other legal advice. The amount we pay for the GLD is shown in the table below, and legal expenses for external consultants can be found here as part of HMT’s transparency reporting with links shown below.</p><p> </p><p>Contract finder - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder" target="_blank">Contracts Finder - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>Over £25k transparency reporting - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/25000-spend" target="_blank">HM Treasury spend over £25,000 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Calendar Year</p></td><td><p>Total GLD Expenditure</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>£9,244,162</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>£10,073,235</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022 (Jan-May)</p></td><td><p>£2,531,686</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak question first answered 15/07/2022 11:05:56 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1486920

registered interest
date	06/07/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much their Department and its associated agencies spent on legal disputes in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	31736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>This information you request is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. However, information on legal expenses for external consultants can be found here;</p><p>https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F1056190%2Fdepartmental_resources_2021.ods&amp;wdOrigin=BROWSELINK</p><p>£10 million was spent in 2021, and £9 million in 2020 but this does not cover all expenses on legal disputes.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 12/07/2022 13:18:25 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett