§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many(a) civil servants and (b) other personnel from his Department have attended sessions of the Saville inquiry. [154050]
§ Mr. SpellarSessions of the Bloody Sunday Inquiry have been attended variously by nine Ministry of Defence officials and one Army officer.
§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many persons, from which divisions and with which specialisms comprise the Bloody Sunday Inquiry Unit in his Department; [154051]
(2) what the composition is of the Bloody Sunday Inquiry Unit in terms of (a) perceived community origin and (b) gender. [154052]
§ Mr. SpellarThe Bloody Sunday Inquiry Unit is an integral part of the Ministry of Defence and comprises five officials who are dedicated full-time to supporting the work of the Inquiry. They are all administrators; currently three are men and two are women; none of them come from Northern Ireland.