Money well spent: Part II - Home Office paid Treasury Solicitors £93 MILLION since 2010

I'd like to make a request under the FOI Act for information on the total amount of money received by Treasury Solicitors from the Home Office in the years below, in terms of legal fees: 2010-2011, 2011-2012, 2012-2013
and if available, to date for the year 2013-14 (or an estimate).
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/legal_fees_10#comment-49460 &
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/202302/response/505582/attach/html/2/RM%2021%2014%20Final.docx.html

'I am responding to your request of 16 March 2014, which asked for the total amount of money in terms of legal fees that Treasury Solicitors received from the Home Office, for the financial years 2010-11 until 2013-14.

'The total amount of fees received from the Home Office for the time periods covered are listed below:

Fees (Excluding VAT)

2010-11 £17,598,617

2011-12 £17,728,218

2012-13 £19,539,871

2013-14 £22,374,704

£17,598,617 + £17,728,218, £19,539,871 + £22,374,704 = £77,241,410
Plus VAT = £92,689,692

Money well spent?

Note that the Home Office cited cost reasons not to provide a full answer, but the Treasury Solicitors had no problems doing this. #joinedupgovernment

Money well spent: Part I- Home Office spent over £21 MILLION in legal fees in 2010-2011

How much money did the Home Office spend on legal costs in the year 2010 - 2011?

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/198997/response/508822/attach/3/31126%20Response.pdf

'I apologise for the delay in replying.

'Your request has been handled as a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

'I can confirm that the Home Office paid £17,598,617 (excluding VAT) in relation to legal fees to Treasury Solicitors for the financial year 2010 - 2011. However, it is not possible to provide any further information at a cost below the £600 limit. This is because the information requested is not held centrally. During 2010 - 11 the Home Office and its bodies used different accounting systems. It would therefore be necessary to conduct a manual search of our databases and file records to find the information requested.

£17,598,617 plus VAT = £21,118,340.40. 

Money well spent?

Many millions spent on legal fees, but a £600 search is too much. Strange world we live in.