§ Lord Lairdasked Her Majesty's Government:
Further to the Written Answer by Lord Falconer of Thoroton on 24 May (WA 100), why the Answer was restricted to only some and not all investigations; why it costs over £500 to supply a print-out of all such investigations; and whether the earlier Written Answer by Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton on 30 May (WA 102) would indicate that the total cost over the 10 years of approximately 250 reports would be in the region of £3.5 million. [HL2688]
§ Lord Falconer of ThorotonThe investigations referred to are those commissioned by the former Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland. There is no print-out of all the investigations commissioned by the department and it would entail the disruption of normal duties for a number of staff for many hours to compile such a list and would have cost well in excess of £500 in staff time. It is not possible to say what the cost of 250 reports would be.