Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much the Government has spent on the Client and Cost Management System in each of the last five years.

In each of the last five years, the Government’s expenditure on the Client and Cost Management System (CCMS) has remained within its estimates. The costs (£m) incurred in each of the last five years are set out below.

This expenditure is representative of all aspects of the system, i.e. the LAA’s internal management and administration of CCMS, and the interface used by the legal profession.