Tracy Brabin: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and
Pensions, with reference to the Oral Answer of 14 November 2016, Official
Report, column 30, what the entire amount spent by his Department was on every stage of legal action defending
the under-occupancy penalty; and how many hours, at what cost, officials spent
working on that case.
Caroline Nokes: The total legal costs of the proceedings
in the High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court in respect of MA &
Others, Re A and Rutherford, which concerned the underoccupancy penalty, as of
the 9 November 2016, when the Supreme Court judgement was handed down, was
£484,077.94. This figure includes the costs of the Supreme Court proceedings in
respect of MA & Others, Re A and Rutherford, as of the 9 November 2016,
which was £206,842.65.
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