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Written question asked by Nick Thomas-Symonds (Labour) on Monday, 18 March 2024, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 25 March 2024 (named day). A holding answer was provided on Monday, 25 March 2024. A substantive answer was provided by Andrew Stephenson (Conservative) on Tuesday, 26 March 2024 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.


Department of Health and Social Care: Legal Costs

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total cost to the public purse was of legal (a) support and (b) representation to Ministers in her Department in relation to their official conduct in each of the last three years.

Answer

The information is not held centrally or collated in the format requested. More generally, I would refer the hon. Member to the long-standing policies on legal expenditure, as set out recently by Cabinet Office Ministers on 12 March 2024, Official Report, Question 17709 and 12 March 2024, Official Report, House of Lords, Cols. 1901-1904.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
19107
Session
2023-24
Subjects
Legal costs Department of Health and Social Care
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk