Written question asked by Bob Spink (Independent (affiliation)) on Tuesday, 9 March 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 11 March 2010. It was answered by Lord Wills (Labour) on Tuesday, 16 March 2010 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.
Legal Costs
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much his Department and its predecessors have spent in (a) legal fees and (b) compensation on legal cases concerning remuneration of its employees in each of the last 10 years.
- Answer
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Details of Legal Fees and Compensation paid on (and following) legal cases concerning remuneration of Ministry of Justice employees, excluding the National Offender Management Service, are shown for the last three financial years (and for 2009-10 to end of February 2010).
£ Legal Fees Compensation Total 2007-08 35,596 3,203 38,799 2008-09 67,145 232 67,377 2009-10 77,437 54,670 132,107 It is not possible to provide details covering years before 2007-08 without incurring disproportionate costs.It has not been possible to provide information in answer to this question for the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) without incurring disproportionate cost. Many prison establishments defend and settle their own cases locally and records of compensation paid or legal fees are not retained centrally.
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- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 507 c833W; 322063
- Session
- 2009-10
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- Subjects
- Legal costs Ministry of Justice
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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