What external legal costs, if any, were incurred by any department or entity for which the Minister is responsible in each financial year since 2020/21, broken down by department or entity and by the nature of the legal work (litigation, commercial advice, employment matters, Treaty matters, or other)?

Answer

As I said in Written Parliamentary Questions 12987 (2025), 12989 (2025), 12996 (2025), 13006 (2025), 13040 (2025), 13085 (2025), 13471 (2025), 13475 (2025), 13479 (2025), 13494 (2025), 13573 (2025), 13611 (2025), 13989 (2025), 13993 (2025), 13997 (2025), 14087 (2025), 16964 (2025), 18036 (2025), 18090 (2025), 18093 (2025), 18097 (2025), 18100 (2025), 18102 (2025), 18369 (2025), 20595 (2025), 20598 (2025), 20599 (2025), 20607 (2025), 20608 (2025), 20615 (2025), 21094 (2025), 24248 (2025), 24249 (2025), 32909 (2025), 32910 (2025), 33656 (2025), 34580 (2025), 35835 (2025), 38371 (2025), 38373 (2025), 42317 (2025), 42318 (2025), 48024 (2025), 48033 (2025), 48039 (2025), 48044 (2025), 48047 (2025), 51684 (2025), 51685 (2025), 51686 (2025), 52841 (2025), 53781 (2025), 54411 (2025), 58594 (2025), 58597 (2025), 58598 (2025), 58599 (2025), 58600 (2025), 58601 (2025), 2452 (2026), 2453 (2026), 2455 (2026), 2457 (2026), 2454 (2026), 2456 (2026), 2818 (2026), 2825 (2026), 2827 (2026), 2828 (2026), 2829 (2026), 2832 (2026), 3164 (2026), 3166 (2026), 3167 (2026), 9536 (2026), 9541 (2026),  9542 (2026), 9544 (2026) and 9545 (2026) I am not responsible for any Ministries, departments or departmental agencies. I do not believe it is in the public interest to collate this information from the State Owned Enterprises, Public Finance Act Schedule 4A, mixed ownership model and airport company shareholdings that I am responsible for.