Sir Robert Neill corrected the Commons record on Departmental Legal Costs

25 November 2010 · Commons Hansard, Written Corrections · Communities and Local Government

Sir Robert Neill made the correction and printed in Hansard's Written Corrections on 25 November 2010. The correction replaced 3 figures (11,913,217, 25,690,648, 9,564,505) with 3 figures (10,081,889, 19,189,397, 4,894,583). Altogether 13 words differ between the two versions.

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on legal advice in each year since 1997. Letter of correction from Mr Robert Neill: Errors have been identified in the written answer given to my hon. Friend the Member for Weaver Vale (Graham Evans) on 15 July 2010. The errors are in lines one and six, and the total of the table: Line 1: Communities and Local Government: £9,564,505. The figure should in fact be £4,894,583. Line 6: Homes and Communities Agency: £11,913,217. The figure should in fact be £10,081,889. Total: £25,690,648. The figure should in fact be £19,189,397. The Housing and Communities Agency should read Homes and Communities Agency. The full answer given was as follows:

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