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<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>
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