Publication - FOI/EIR release

Total costs for UNCRC and Local Government Supreme Court case: FOI release

Published: 17 November 2021
Directorate: Legal Services (Solicitor to the Scottish Government)
Topic: Law and order, Public sector
FOI reference: FOI/202100245971
Date received: 8 October 2021
Date responded: 2 November 2021

Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002

Information requested

''I am seeking information on all of the costs incurred by the Scottish Government in defending the case raised by the UK Government in the UK Supreme Court in relation to elements of two Bills passed by the Scottish Parliament on United Nations Convention on the Rights and the European Charter of Local Government.''

Response

I enclose a copy of all the information you requested.

The answer to your question is, the total cost to date accumulates to £97,850.00.

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Email: ceu@gov.scot
Phone: 0300 244 4000

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