Ministry of Defence: Legal Costs
(asked on 17th January 2019) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the highest hourly rate paid for legal advice was by (a) his Department and (b) each of his Department's arms length bodies in 2018.
The highest hourly rate paid for legal advice by the Ministry of Defence (MOD) was £597.
The highest hourly rate paid for legal advice by the MOD’s arms length bodies is:
Name of Arms Length Body | Highest Rate |
Defence Electronics and Components Agency | £295 |
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory | £148 |
National Army Museum | £550 |
National Museum of the Royal Navy | £580 |
Oil and Pipelines | £250 |
Royal Air Force Museum | £280 |
Royal Hospital Chelsea | £530 |
Single Source Regulations Office | £450 |
United Kingdom Hydrographic Office | £675 |