Tobias Ellwood corrected a written answer on Ministry of Defence: Legal Costs

28 March 2019 · Commons written answer · Ministry of Defence

Richard Burgon (Labour, Leeds East) asked written question 209814 on 17 January 2019. Mr Tobias Ellwood answered on 24 January 2019 for the Ministry of Defence, and Mr Tobias Ellwood corrected the answer on 28 March 2019. The figure £580 in the original became £597 in the correction. Altogether 2 words differ between the two versions.

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the highest hourly rate paid for legal advice was by (a) his Department and (b) each of his Department's arms length bodies in 2018.

Original and corrected answer

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Original	Corrected
The highest hourly rate paid for legal advice by the Ministry of Defence (MOD) was ~~£580.~~ The highest hourly rate paid for legal advice by the MOD’s arms length bodies is: Name of Arms Length Body \| Highest Rate Defence Electronics and Components Agency \| £295 Defence Science and Technology Laboratory \| £148 National Army Museum \| £550 National Museum of the Royal Navy \| £580 Oil and Pipelines \| £250 Royal Air Force Museum \| £280 Royal Hospital Chelsea \| £530 Single Source Regulations Office \| £450 United Kingdom Hydrographic Office \| £675	The highest hourly rate paid for legal advice by the Ministry of Defence (MOD) was £597. The highest hourly rate paid for legal advice by the MOD’s arms length bodies is: Name of Arms Length Body \| Highest Rate Defence Electronics and Components Agency \| £295 Defence Science and Technology Laboratory \| £148 National Army Museum \| £550 National Museum of the Royal Navy \| £580 Oil and Pipelines \| £250 Royal Air Force Museum \| £280 Royal Hospital Chelsea \| £530 Single Source Regulations Office \| £450 United Kingdom Hydrographic Office \| £675

Original

Corrected

The highest hourly rate paid for legal advice by the Ministry of Defence (MOD) was ~~£580.~~
The highest hourly rate paid for legal advice by the MOD’s arms length bodies is:
Name of Arms Length Body
| Highest Rate
Defence Electronics and Components Agency
| £295
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
| £148
National Army Museum
| £550
National Museum of the Royal Navy
| £580
Oil and Pipelines
| £250
Royal Air Force Museum
| £280
Royal Hospital Chelsea
| £530
Single Source Regulations Office
| £450
United Kingdom Hydrographic Office
| £675

The highest hourly rate paid for legal advice by the Ministry of Defence (MOD) was £597.
The highest hourly rate paid for legal advice by the MOD’s arms length bodies is:
Name of Arms Length Body
| Highest Rate
Defence Electronics and Components Agency
| £295
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
| £148
National Army Museum
| £550
National Museum of the Royal Navy
| £580
Oil and Pipelines
| £250
Royal Air Force Museum
| £280
Royal Hospital Chelsea
| £530
Single Source Regulations Office
| £450
United Kingdom Hydrographic Office
| £675

The question and answer on the Parliament website.

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