– Scottish Parliament written question – answered at on 28 November 2005.
Question S2W-20794
To ask the Scottish Executive why its expenditure on outsourced legal work to 12 private sector law firms has increased from £159,000 in 2001-02 to £2,033,000 in 2004-05.
A Framework contract for legal services was put in place in June 2003, creating a panel of 12 firms able to take on specific projects or areas of legal work where in-house expertise or resource was unavailable. The framework provides a robust two-stage procurement process to secure value for money for individual outsourced projects or areas of work. The rise in expenditure on outsourced work reflects the greater demand for legal services experienced in recent years, including work on primary and secondary legislation for consideration by the Scottish Parliament.
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