§ Mr. Robert McCartneyTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what has been the cost to date of the inquiries into the deaths of(a) Mrs. Rosemary Nelson and (b) Mr. John Finucane. [109035]
§ Mr. IngramInformation on the total cost of these investigations is not available. However, on Mrs. Nelson, £767,000 has been spent on this inquiry to date. This figure includes travel, overtime, accommodation and incidental expenses. It does not include the salary costs of Deputy Chief Constable Colin Port and his team of officers.
On the other death, (assuming that this refers to the murder of Patrick Finucane) the additional cost of police agencies' salaries, overtime, travel, accommodation and incidental expenses since 1989 is £2.3 million. The figure does not include RUC costs.