The council's spending figures for internal legal services - Find a freedom of information request

1. Can you provide council's spending figures for internal legal services (i.e. in-house legal teams etc.) for the last three years? (Between April 6 - April 5, 2021/2022, 2022/23, 2023/24) Broken down by year and amount.

2. How much has the council spent on external legal services in the same three years? Broken down by year and amount.

I can confirm that the information requested is held by Lincolnshire County Council. I have detailed below the information that is being released to you.

1. Please see below.

2023-2024 - £3,705,767.00

2022-2023 - £3,070,705.32

2021-2022 - £2,947,653.88

2. Please see below.

2023-2024 - £2,235,937.56

2022-2023 - £2,031,378.80

2021-2022 - £2,012,689.18

The Legal Service operates as a trading unit on a cost recovery basis generating income to the County Council thereby offsetting these costs.