Employment advisory work.<\/li><\/ul> <\/p>"}
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The information is not collected in the format required and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.<\/p>
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The FCDO does not hold detailed information centrally regarding spend on legal disputes.<\/p>"}
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The Department has interpreted a \u201clegal dispute\u201d to be a claim brought in a tribunal or court, either against or by the department. Spending on legal disputes can include a range of costs, including fees for external representation before a court or supporting the preparation of the litigation.<\/p>
The Department does not keep a central record of all of its spend on legal disputes and neither does it keep a record of such spending by its associated agencies. Accordingly, the Department considers the disproportionate cost threshold applies for the collection of this additional information.<\/p>
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(a) that they are charges levied by the Government Legal Department for representing the Department in legal disputes during the relevant periods whenever the legal dispute may have arisen;<\/p>
(b) That the charges can be subject to retrospective changes;<\/p>
(c) The figures are inclusive of Value Added Tax where this is payable;<\/p>
(d) The figures do not include sums awarded in costs against the Department or sums awarded to the Department as a result of legal disputes.<\/p>
2020 - £35,616,827<\/p>
2021 - £37,286,712<\/p>
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