Department for Transport: Legal Costs
(asked on 17th January 2019) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the highest hourly rate was that (a) his Department and (b) each of his Department's arms-length bodies paid for legal advice in 2018.
The Department consists of the central Department and four executive Agencies as follows:
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)
Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA)
Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA)
Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA)
The highest hourly rate that the Department paid for legal advice in 2018 is £640.00.
The highest hour rate that each of the Department’s arms-length bodies paid for legal advice in 2018 as follows:
Highways England | £360.00 |
Transport Focus | £350.00 |
British Transport Police Authority | £400.00 |
Northern Lighthouse Board | £250.00 |
Trinity House Lighthouse Service | £400.00 |
High Speed 2 Ltd | £446.74 |
Network Rail | £690.00 |