What average hourly rate is paid for the services of (a) partners, (b) qualified solicitors and (c) unqualified solicitors of private law f…

Answered Asked by Kenny MacAskill SNP Lodged 17 Aug 2006

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive what average hourly rate is paid for the services of (a) partners, (b) qualified solicitors and (c) unqualified solicitors of private law for work commissioned or instructed by the Executive.

The answer

Answered by Colin Boyd on 6 Sep 2006 · 20 days after it was lodged, on time

The average hourly rates chargedby qualified solicitors, trainee solicitors and paralegal staff instructed to acton behalf of the Scottish ministers, the Scottish Executive and its agencies areset out below:
Senior Partner
| £180

Partner
| £164

Associate Solicitor
| £138

Solicitor
| £136

Assistant/Junior Solicitor
| £115

Trainee Solicitor
| £76

Paralegal
| £78

In the Official Report

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