Freedom of Information
(asked on 7th July 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department spent on legal fees in cases relating to the release of information requested under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in each of the last five years.
The amount spent by this Department and its Executive Agencies on external legal fees relating to requests under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, namely payments to the Treasury Solicitor's Department and counsel, in each of the last five financial years, is as shown in the table below.
Financial year
| External legal spend (excluding VAT)
|
2009/10
| £17,495
|
2010/11
| £32,404
|
2011/12
| £311
|
2012/13
| £3,068
|
2013/14
| £69
|
2014/15*
| £31,785
|
*Includes figures for payments of fees made to date.