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SPCB Written Question · S2W-31491 · Session 2

How much expenditure the Scottish Information Commissioner has incurred from the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body’s central contingenc…

Answered Asked by John Swinney SNP Lodged 29 Jan 2007

The question

To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body how much expenditure the Scottish Information Commissioner has incurred from the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body’s central contingency fund to date in (a) legal costs and (b) court costs in defending the case of The Scottish Ministers v The Scottish Information Commissioner (William Alexander’s Application).

The answer

Answered by John Scott on 6 Feb 2007 · 8 days after it was lodged, on time

No legal or court costs havebeen incurred to date from the SPCB’s central contingency in relation to the Scottish Information Commissioner defending the case referred to in the question.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-31491 by reference.