Government Departments: Legal Opinion
(asked on 5th June 2014) - View Source
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much has been spent in each financial year since 2011 by each government department on external legal advice.
This question was answered on 16th June 2014
Expenditure on external legal advice is a matter for individual departments. As part of the Government's transparency programme, contracts above the value of £10,000 are available on Contracts Finder at: (https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder). Departmental spending over £25,000 is published in departmental Annual Reports on (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications).