Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much (a) his Department and (b) its executive agencies and associated bodies spent on legal fees in each year since 2010; and under what budget sub-headings that expenditure was made.

The information regarding the legal costs for the Department and Executive Agencies is not held centrally. Therefore, the information necessary to properly answer the hon. Member's question is not readily accessible.

I will write to the hon. Member once we have gathered the necessary information provided it does not exceed the disproportionate cost limit.