The New School Butterstone closure: FOI release

Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.


Information requested

You asked for the amount of money spent by the Scottish Government on external legal advice in the independent review into the closure of The New School, Butterstone, and the legal firms involved.

Response

The answer to your question is that, as noted in paragraph 1.7 of The Independent Review into the Closure of the New School Butterstone, external legal advice was provided by Harper Macleod LLP. A total of £7,269 was spent on external legal advice.

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Contact

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Central Enquiry Unit
Email: ceu@gov.scot
Phone: 0300 244 4000

The Scottish Government
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Regent Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG

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