Written question asked by Lord Hanson of Flint (Labour) on Wednesday, 25 September 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 30 September 2019. It was answered by Michael Ellis (Conservative) on Friday, 4 October 2019 on behalf of the Attorney General.

Prorogation: Legal Costs

Question: To ask the Attorney General, how much was spent by the UK Government in undertaking legal action in the (a) Cherry and others (Respondents) v Advocate General for Scotland (Appellant) (Scotland), (b) R (on the application of Miller) (Appellant) v The Prime Minister (Respondent) in the Supreme Court, (c) case number CO/3385/2019 in the High Court, (d) reclaiming motion by Joanna Cherry QC MP and others against the Advocate General in the Outer Court of Scotland and (e) (First) Joanna Cherry QC MP and others for judicial review in the Outer Court of Scotland cases.

Answer: No estimate has been made of the total costs of the prorogation litigation, which only recently concluded. We expect to know the final figures in November.

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