Cost of independence court case so far: FOI release

Information requested

1. How much has it cost the Scottish Government to take the independence bill to the Supreme court so far?

2. Breakdown of these costs?

3. Any estimation from yourselves about how much the entire Supreme court case will cost the Scottish government by the end of the case?”

Response

1. How much has it cost the Scottish Government to take the independence bill to the Supreme court so far?

2. Breakdown of these costs?

As of 28 June 2022, the Scottish Government has spent £27,193.84 on external counsel advising on the referral to the Supreme Court.

As set out in our response to PQ S6W-09691 (available at S6W-09691 | Scottish Parliament Website), the Scottish Government intends to proactively publish information about the costs of the litigation. Accordingly, an exemption under Section 27 (information intended for future publication) applies to some of the information you have requested. This exemption allows public authorities to refuse to disclose information if they already plan to publish it within the next 12 weeks. The reasons why this exemption applies are set out in Annex B.

3. Any estimation from yourselves about how much the entire Supreme court case will cost the Scottish government by the end of the case?

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the Scottish Government does not have the information you have requested.

Your request asked for an estimate of the total costs of the Supreme Court Reference. As the litigation is ongoing, and the costs may be affected by a number of factors, it is not possible to provide an estimate of the total costs.

This is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not have the information you have requested.

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