Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his estimate is of the cost to the NHS to date of defending legal action brought against it by Dr Chris Day.

The Department is aware that Dr Chris Day has taken legal action against Health Education England (HEE) and Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust.

HEE has advised the following:

HEE holds some of the information requested. The total legal fees (since initial instructions in August 2014 to date) are below:

Fees: £70,945

Disbursements: £32,222

HEE does not hold the specific data relating to other expenses, such as staff time.

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust has advised the following:

Legal costs incurred by the Trust to date have been £29,523.