You asked
I would like to know the amount of money your department spent on the services of external law firms and barristers for the year ending March 31st 2019.
Please exclude legal services provided by the Government Legal Department. However, please include legal services that the Government Legal Department has outsourced to a third party.
Please exclude spending by your department on the GLD (Government Legal Department) and its predecessor the TSoL (Treasury Solicitor’s Department).
We said
Thank you for your enquiry.
We spent approximately £56,618.18 acquiring legal services and advice for the year ending 31 March 2019.
We are not able to determine if any of the services were outsourced to a third party by the Government Legal Department.