Freedom of Information
(asked on 3rd November 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department has spent on legal fees over prevention of release of information requested by Freedom of Information requests since 2010.
This question was answered on 10th November 2014
For financial years 2010-11 and 2011-12 external lawyers were retained through the Treasury Solicitor’s Department. Since 2012, DCMS has not incurred any costs in legal fees regarding the release of information requested under the Freedom of Information Act.