Money spent on UNCRC and local government bill Supreme Court case: FOI release

Information requested

1) The amount of money spent by the Scottish Government on the UNCRC and local government bill Supreme Court case.

1a) A breakdown of this by external and internal costs.

Response

Please find of all of the information you requested.

The answer to your question is the Scottish Government have paid a total, to date, of £97,850.00 on the UNCRC and local government bill Supreme Court case. We do not hold records as to the internal costs which are attributable to any particular litigation.

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