United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 69919
Public Inquiries: Legal Representation
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22 July 2025
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2 September 2025 · Answer
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2 September 2025
Summary
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much from the public purse has been spent on legal representation in public inquests and inquiries in each year between 2020 and July 2025.
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22 July 2025
Written question
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much from the public purse has been spent on legal representation in public inquests and inquiries in each year between 2020 and July 2025.
Source: Commons
2 September 2025
Answer
For statutory inquiries, section 40 of the Inquiries Act 2005 gives the Chair the power to award funding for legal representation subject to conditions imposed by the Sponsoring Minister. Details of these costs and of the cost of an inquiry’s legal suppor...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-07-22/69919
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1825916
- uk · wq-1825916 · source updated 2 September 2025