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type: WrittenAnswer
answer has question: 2eaDHbz4
answer has answering person: jBPXvMye
answer text: The information requested could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. The figures provided in the previous answer were obtained from summary information held within the Department's central procurement records, which contain information on the total spend on external legal services by vendor for the central Department and its agencies. The information requested is held locally within the finance records of individual policy teams, within (a) the agencies and (b) the central Department, where those teams have delegated responsibility for managing their budgets, including accountability for expenditure on external legal advice. To extract the information requested from central finance or local records would incur disproportionate costs in terms of the time required.
answer given date: 2013-10-14+01:00
answer has answering body: XouN12Ow
written answer has answering body: XouN12Ow