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Written Question
Attorney General: Consultants
Thursday 28th March 2019

Asked by: Peter Dowd (Labour - Bootle)

Question to the Attorney General:

To ask the Attorney General, how many consultants his Department has hired in each year since 2016; and what the cost has been to the public purse.

Answered by Robert Buckland

The Attorney General’s Office has not hired any consultants since 2016 to the present time.


Written Question
Attorney General: Public Consultation
Thursday 14th March 2019

Asked by: Peter Dowd (Labour - Bootle)

Question to the Attorney General:

To ask the Attorney General, how many consultations by his Department (a) are open, (b) are closed awaiting a Government response and (c) have been initiated since 2016.

Answered by Robert Buckland

The Attorney General’s Office does not currently have any open consultations. There is one consultation that is closed awaiting a Government response. Three consultations have been initiated since 2016.