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£160,000 bill for Government on cash for honours Print E-mail
Thursday, 10 January 2008

The Government paid over £160,000 to cover legal advice for civil servants interviewed by the police as part of the cash-for-honours inquiry, it has been revealed.

The Cabinet Office's Permanent Secretary, Sir Gus O'Donnell, revealed the figures in a letter to Dr Tony Wright MP, chair of Westminster's Public Administration Select Committee.

 

Wright had asked O'Donnell for the cost of the police investigation into "cash for peerages" when the latter gave evidence to the Committee back in November, and O'Donnell said that he could not obtain that information, but that he could declare the cost of external legal advice provided for Government employees who underwent questioning.

The Labour Party contributed to the costs of legal advice for special advisers interviewed by the police, and covered the cost of supporting its own staff.

O'Donnell said that, as no charges were brought, it would be inappropriate to release the names of the individuals who received legal representation.

 

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