§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what were the total sums spent in each financial year, up to 30 April in the current year, on the Saville Inquiry into the events in Londonderry on 30 January 1972, broken down into(a) salaries of staff, (b) travel and subsistence, (c) accommodation, (d) hearing and witness costs, (e) fees to solicitors representing those killed and others, (f) fees to barristers representing those killed and others, (g) IT and communications and (h) miscellaneous, including general office expenditure. [121359]
§ Mr. IngramExpenditure on the Bloody Sunday Inquiry is summarised in the table, broken down into the subheadings requested. Figures are currently available only up to the end of the financial year (31 March 2000) and not the end of April as requested. The figures for moneys paid to solicitors and barristers cannot readily be 421W provided separately, nor can the payments for their professional services be readily separated from other expenses. However, these amounts have been split
£ 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 Total Salaries 5,479 581,605 900,061 1,487,145 Travel and Subsistence 10,436 155,892 182,768 349,096 Accommodation 101,955 526,568 851,165 1,479,688 Hearing and Witness Costs 0 268,532 613,969 882,501 Payments to lawyers representing families of the dead and wounded 0 432,319 2,429,490 2,861,809 Payments to other lawyers, including Counsel to the Inquiry 0 3,555,268 5,852,692 9,407,960 IT and communications 0 1,078,586 1,511,023 2,589,609 Miscellaneous, including general office expenditure 2,505 45,238 239,591 287,334 Grand total 120,375 6,644,008 12,580,759 19,345,142