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1486917

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date	06/07/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development 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	31733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2022 answer text <p>The FCDO does not hold detailed information centrally regarding spend on legal disputes.</p> answering member constituency Cannock Chase answering member printed Amanda Milling question first answered 15/07/2022 13:55:45 answering member 4454 label Biography information for Dame Amanda Milling
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

1486919

registered interest
date	06/07/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, 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	31735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/08/2022 answer text <p>The Department has interpreted a “legal dispute” 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><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><p>However, where the Department is represented by the Government Legal Department in legal proceedings before most Courts and Tribunals in England and Wales, it does have a record of the charges levied on it for those costs. These figures take into account:</p><p>(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><p>(b) That the charges can be subject to retrospective changes;</p><p>(c) The figures are inclusive of Value Added Tax where this is payable;</p><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><p>2020 - £35,616,827</p><p>2021 - £37,286,712</p><p>2022 (for the period 1 January – 30 June) - £18,634,689</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 04/08/2022 15:35:51 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway previous answer version 13292 answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove answering member 4369
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

1486921

registered interest
date	06/07/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, 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	31737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2022 answer text <p>The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost, as the costs spent on legal disputes are not held in a single format centrally.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 14/07/2022 14:57:55 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1486922

registered interest
date	06/07/2022
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: Legal Costs
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 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	31738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>The Department does not hold the information in a form that can readily be interrogated to provide a response. The accompanying physical invoice for each recorded financial transaction related to legal expenditure would have to be examined to determine the nature of the expense and whether it relates to legal disputes.</p><p> </p><p>Therefore, the information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 12/07/2022 14:01:34 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1486923

registered interest
date	06/07/2022
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Scotland Office: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, 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	31739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2022 answer text <p>The costs incurred by the Scotland Office and Office of the Advocate General on legal disputes in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022 are shown below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><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>£16,264</p></td><td><p>£53,739</p></td><td><p>£20,254</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 13/07/2022 09:11:10 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1486924

registered interest
date	06/07/2022
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Wales Office: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, 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	31740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2022 answer text <p>The Office of the Secretary of State for Wales has not spent any money on legal disputes in the years 2020, 2021 and 2022.</p> answering member constituency Monmouth answering member printed David T C Davies question first answered 11/07/2022 14:17:14 answering member 1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1486925

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	Coal Fired Power Stations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answers of 18 May 2022 to Questions 166 and 167 on Coal Fired Power Stations, if he will define the ranges of (a) slightly extending the life of remaining coal-fired power stations and (b) a minimal impact on (i) national and global CO2 emissions and (ii) consumers’ energy bills.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	31809
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2022 answer text <p>Agreements recently concluded between the Electricity System Operator and Drax and West Burton coal plant will expire on 31st March 2023. Discussions on Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station are still live, and costs associated with these contracts are confidential while negotiations are ongoing. The impact on consumers’ energy bills is expected to be minimal.</p><p> </p><p>Generation units subject to the contracts will only be dispatched if required by the System Operator to manage exceptional energy security risks. The Government is confident of meeting its Carbon Budget emissions obligations, and remains committed to phasing out unabated coal generation in Great Britain by October 2024.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 15/07/2022 14:00:54 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1486926

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	Investment Security Unit: Staff
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 many full time equivalent staff were employed in the Investment Security Unit as of 6 July 2022.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	31898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2022 answer text <p>As of 6 July 2022, there are 94 full time equivalent posts in the Investment Security Unit. As with any organisation, actual staffing levels fluctuate over time. The ISU operates a ‘hub and spoke’ model, bringing together expertise from across government and the intelligence community to scrutinise acquisitions and assess the need for intervention to protect the UK’s national security, ensuring the Business Secretary can make well evidenced decisions.</p><p> </p><p>The Investment Security Group team was previously based in the Cabinet Office but moved to BEIS in April to form the basis of the ISU.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Jane Hunt grouped question UIN 31899 31900 question first answered 13/07/2022 15:57:59 answering member 4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt previous answer version 11879 answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Jane Hunt answering member 4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones