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1486906

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date	06/07/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, 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	31722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2022 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The Attorney General exercises a number of public interest functions in relation to legal disputes, including appointing advocates to the court in family proceedings and intervening in proceedings to protect charities. The amounts spent by the Attorney General’s Office on external legal advice, include litigation and legal costs incurred in respect of the public interest activities of the Attorney General, for the calendar years of 2020 and 2021 and for the period 1 January 2020 to 30 June 2022 is as follows: <table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2020 (£k)</strong> <strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021 (£k)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6 months to 30 June 2022 (£k)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Attorney General’s Office (approximately*)</p></td><td><p>240*</p></td><td><p>155*</p></td><td><p>200*</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>These figures relate to costs of the Attorney General’s Office only because while the Office superintends a number of bodies, they are not agencies of the AGO.</em></p> answering member constituency Eddisbury answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 18/07/2022 14:08:13 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1486907

registered interest
date	06/07/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, 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	31723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2022 answer text <p>The Department is unable to provide spend on legal disputes, as this is not recorded separately from wider legal expenditure.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Somerset answering member printed Mr Jacob Rees-Mogg question first answered 15/07/2022 13:49:07 answering member 4099 label Biography information for Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg
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

1486910

registered interest
date	06/07/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her 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	31726
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>The department does not hold the total spend information relating to legal disputes, as the financial system does not have a specific structure to extract the data and legal spend is not recorded centrally.</p><p>For contract spend, following a search of the department’s special payment register, the department has not made any payments in respect to the settlement of procurement disputes, either in or out of court, during the following three financial years:</p><ul><li>1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020: £0.00.</li><li>1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021: £0.00.</li><li>1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022: £0.00.</li></ul> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 21/07/2022 18:28:24 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1486911

registered interest
date	06/07/2022
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 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	31727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2022 answer text <p>Defra and its associated executive agencies<sup>1</sup> have incurred the following costs on Litigation for the calendar years 2020 to 2022 (up to 30/6/22):</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Amount (£m)<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>Calendar Year</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>0.93m</p></td><td><p>2020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1.47m</p></td><td><p>2021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>0.61m</p></td><td><p>2022</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><sup>1: </sup>Includes the Animal and Plant Health Agency; the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science; Rural Payments Agency and the Veterinary Medicines Directorate.</p><p><sup>2: </sup>Source data from the Government Legal Department’s (GLD) electronic systems as at 8 July 2022. These figures represent the costs charged by the litigation team in GLD. It does not include any costs awarded against Defra or damages.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 20/07/2022 10:59:33 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1486912

registered interest
date	06/07/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Department for International Trade: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, 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	31728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2022 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade (DIT) is unable to provide spend on legal disputes, as this is not recorded separately to other forms of legal spend incurred by the Department.</p><p> </p><p>Legal and other professional services costs incurred by the Department are included within note 4 of DIT’s Annual Report and Accounts found <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/department-for-international-trade-annual-report-and-accounts" target="_blank">here for financial year 2021/22</a>, and <a href="https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20220713065953/https:/www.gov.uk/government/publications/department-for-international-trade-annual-report-and-accounts" target="_blank">here for financial year 2020/21</a>.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 27/07/2022 16:05:40 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
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