Cabinet Office: Freedom of Information
(asked on 21st July 2016) - View Source
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 21 July 2016 to Question 43014, how individual units record their legal costs.
This question was answered on 5th September 2016
Within the Cabinet Office, business units are allocated budgets at the commencement of each year following development of the department's objectives for that year and taking into account the department's overall funding settlement. Business unit budgets are prepared and held at a summary level of aggregation.
Through the year all expenditure, including legal costs, is posted to appropriate codes following advice from individual units on the nature of the spend.