§ Mr. Weetchasked the Secretary of State for Transport what legal costs have been incurred to date by his Department in connection with the Sizewell inquiry; and what he expects the total cost to be.
§ Mr. David HowellThe services of the Treasury Solicitor and his staff are provided to the Department in the normal course of their duties and no extra expense has been incurred, other than a small amount for travel and subsistence. Counsel has been instructed to represent the Department of the Environment, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Department of Transport and the proportion of his fees incurred on behalf of my Department will be met from the Law Charges Vote by the Treasury Solicitor. However I understand that it is not the Treasury Solicitor's practice to disclose the fees paid to individual counsel.