PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Disability (4 December 2014)

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Government has spent on legal fees on court proceedings relating to disabled people and the (a) under-occupancy penalty and (b) Independent Living Fund in (i) 2013 and (ii) 2014 to date.

Asked by:
Sir Nicholas Dakin (Labour)

This Government has robustly defended its policies in relation to the closure of the Independent Living Fund and the removal of the Spare Room Subsidy.

The total legal costs invoiced to date, inclusive of VAT, in respect of both policies, where disability formed part of the grounds of the claim, are as follows:

Policy	2013 (£)	2014 to date (£)
Independent Living Fund	16,643	219,728
Removal of Spare Room Subsidy	66,821	111,804

Answered by:
Mr Mark Harper (Conservative)
9 December 2014