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The information is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.Barristers receive payments for work carried out under the Criminal Defence Service from two payment sources; those payments made directly by the Legal Services Commission (LSC) for very high cost cases carried out under case contracts and those made directly by the Ministry on behalf of the LSC under a service level agreement. Providing this information would require manual merging all the data from both payment systems.Work is currently ongoing to identify the 25 highest paid barristers pursuant to the answer I gave the hon. Member on 29 February 2012, Official Report, column 371W. |