Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what legal costs have been incurred by her Department for costs associated with the recent Raytheon e-borders arbitration tribunal.

The Home Office incurred £23.3m (not including internal and witness costs) in the period April 2010 to March 2014 on legal costs associated with preparing and presenting its case in respect of the Raytheon arbitration. This amount includes costs incurred with lawyers, counsel and experts.