Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Legal Costs
(asked on 6th July 2022) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much their Department and its associated agencies spent on legal disputes in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.
The department only holds data on the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities, the Planning Inspectorate and Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre. The below is spend on litigation, employment and commercial cases managed for the department by the Government Legal Department (GLD).
Sum of Total invoiced (INC VAT) | Year billed |
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Trimmed Client code | Client description | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 (to 30 th June) | Total |
MHCLG/DLUHC | MHCLG & DLUHC | £1,334,235 | £1,584,449 | £1,124,398 | £4,043,081 |
PINS | PLANNING INSPECTORATE | £1,583,987 | £1,538,819 | £700,167 | £3,822,973 |
QECC | THE Q.E.II CONFERENCE CENTRE | £4,868 | £1,439 | £1,572 | £7,878 |
- Data is from 1/1/2020 to 30/6/2022 inclusive
- Data extracted from GLD’s electronic systems as at 8/7/2022
- Data is shown inclusive of VAT
- Data provided is based upon calendar year