§ Mr. AlexanderTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list each public inquiry which has been held as a result of a disaster in the past eight years; and what was the cost to public funds of each of them.
Year Title/Location Type Cost £ 1980 Pool Fisher Shipping 34,703 1981 Kurdistan Shipping 171,267 1981 Seer Green Railway 15,500 1983 Solomon Browne/Union Star Shipping 186,231 1983 Grainville Shipping 108,008 1983 European Gateway/Speedlink Vanguard Shipping 215,790 1984 Eccles Railway 15,500 1984 Wembley Central Underground 18,000 1984 Polement Railway 15,500 1985 Bradford City FC Stadium Fire 1291,903 1985–86 Marques Shipping 375,715 1986 Lockington Railway 19,000 1987 Glanrhyd Railway 113,000 1987 Herald of Free Enterprise Shipping 1190,955 1987–88 King's Cross Underground 11,219,975 to date 1987–88 Derbyshire Shipping 283,853 to date 1 These figures include Treasury solicitors' costs; where appropriate, British Rail costs; and, except in the case of King's Cross, staff costs.