Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what the estimated cost to the public purse is of the additional lawyers who are being recruited to deal with the complexities of the work on the UK leaving the EU.

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull North on 7 September 2017, UIN 7210.

We do not hold information centrally about OGD’s use of lawyers.