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Department of Health and Social Care: Legal Costs

Asked by Jim ShannonDemocratic Unionist PartyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 5 February 2026UIN 108638

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department spent on legal costs in the last five years.

Answered by Karin Smyth

The following table shows the total legal fees for the core Department per the audited annual reports from 2020/21 to 2024/25, rounded to the nearest thousand:

2024/25

2023/24

2022/23

2021/22

2020/21

£46,087

£37,975

£35,799

£37,482

£39,694


The legal fees for the departmental group can be found in the Annual Report and accounts in the following links:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dhsc-annual-report-and-accounts-2024-to-2025#

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dhsc-annual-report-and-accounts-2023-to-2024

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dhsc-annual-report-and-accounts-2022-to-2023

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dhsc-annual-report-and-accounts-2021-to-2022

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dhsc-annual-report-and-accounts-2020-to-2021

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