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Appeals: Central Government

Volume 479: debated on Monday 21 July 2008

To ask the Solicitor-General pursuant to the answer of 21 May 2008, Official Report, column 352W, on appeals: central Government, which departments the Treasury Solicitor’s Department represents in their applications for leave to appeal; and how many such applications the Treasury Solicitor’s Department handled in the last 12 months. (214873)

The Treasury Solicitor’s Department acted on behalf of most central Government Departments on various legal matters during 2007-08. Data specifically on applications for leave to appeal to the House of Lords (both in terms of the number of applications and which client Department they relate to) are not maintained by the Treasury Solicitor’s Department. Furthermore, as there has been no call from client Departments for this information in the past, the Treasury Solicitor has consequently not been able to justify the commitment of public funds to collate and record these applications in the form requested. The information requested can be provided only at disproportionate cost.