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Government Departments: Legal Opinion

Question for Cabinet Office

UIN HL77, tabled on 5 June 2014

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.

Answered on

16 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).

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Cabinet Office