Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much their Department and its associated agencies spent on legal disputes in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.

HMT receives its legal services from the Government Legal Department (GLD) and external contractors. We do not disaggregate the costs of disputes as opposed to other legal advice. The amount we pay for the GLD is shown in the table below, and legal expenses for external consultants can be found here as part of HMT’s transparency reporting with links shown below.

Contract finder - Contracts Finder - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Over £25k transparency reporting - HM Treasury spend over £25,000 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)