Subject	Predicate	Object
7mZWlllM	a	Resource
		Answer
		Written answer
	answer has question	N1pnMTSW
	answer has answering person	Michael Tyrone Ellis
	answer text	<p>(a) A large proportion of DCMS's legal advice is provided by the Government Legal Department (GLD) on an annual fixed fee basis. Additional legal advice is obtained from GLD on an hourly rate basis and the Department regularly engages private sector legal services from Counsel and external legal firms. Hourly rates are not available without reviewing individual invoices from the various legal service providers, which would incur disproportionate cost. Advice from counsel is, save for very limited and exceptional circumstances, provided at rates which can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/attorney-generals-panel-counsel-practical-information#rates.</p><p> </p><p>(b) This information is not held centrally and to collect this information would incur a disproportionate cost.</p>
	answer given date	2019-01-22
	answer has answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	written answer has answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport	answering body has written answer	7mZWlllM
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport	answering body has answer	7mZWlllM
N1pnMTSW	question has answer	7mZWlllM
Michael Tyrone Ellis	answering person has answer	7mZWlllM