Communities has spent the following amounts on legal services in the last three fiscal years. Figures for earlier years could be supplied only at disproportionate cost.
£ 2008-09 5,292,381 2007-08 4,105,192 2006-07 3,909,949
Legal advice was provided on a regular and ongoing basis. The majority will be protected by legal professional privilege or commercial confidentiality or both. Providing detailed information about advice obtained would be at disproportionate cost.
The Fire Service College has supplied the following:
£ 2001-02 57,470.81 2002-03 73,613.72 2003-04 38,643.55 2004-05 79,410.99 2005-06 50,447.51 2006-07 27,519.36 2007-08 26,678.10 2008-09 51,907.48 2009 to date (31 October 2009) 71,250.26
Costs prior to FY 2001-02 and the purpose of legal representation and advice sought cannot be provided due to disproportionate cost.
The Planning Inspectorate has provided the following figures. They are unable to provide the reason for the expenditure as it is confidential.
£ 2004-05 640,906 2005-06 887,811 2006-07 1,007,750 2007-08 1,108,333 2008-09 1,417,017 2009-10 967,922
Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre uses the in-house legal team at CLG for its routine legal requirements. No external legal representatives used since beginning FY 2007-08. Information for earlier years could be supplied only at disproportionate cost.