§ Mr. Robin CookTo ask the Prime Minister what is the total cost of salaries since 1992 paid to persons both in the Prime Ministers' Office and in the Cabinet Office employed on a part-time or full-time basis in any connection in relation to the Scott inquiry. [10219]
§ The Prime MinisterThere are no officials employed on Scott inquiry related matters on a full-time or part-time basis within the Prime Minister's Office. The direct salary cost of officials within the Cabinet Office wholly employed on matters relating to the Scott inquiry from December 1992 to December 1995 is approximately £486,000. Other officials within the Prime Minister's Office and the Cabinet Office are inevitably involved from time to time; their direct salary cost is unquantifiable.
§ Mr. CookTo ask the Prime Minister if he has(a) read or received and (b) authorised civil servants, Ministers or any other persons to collate or receive copies of draft sections of Sir Richard Scott's report circulated by Sir Richard Scott to Government Ministers, civil servants and other persons. [10221]
§ The Prime MinisterThe handling of extracts of Sir Richard Scott's draft report, subject to guidance received from the inquiry, is for those to whom they are sent. The Government do not disclose details of correspondence between the inquiry and individual witnesses.
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§ Mr. CookTo ask the Prime Minister if(a) staff employed by the Cabinet Office on a part-time or full-time basis and (b) David Gould, during his period of employment in the civil service have read, collated or received copies of draft sections of Sir Richard Scott's report circulated to Government Ministers, civil servants and other persons. [10220]
§ The Prime MinisterThe question of whether Cabinet Office staff should see extracts of Sir Richard Scott's draft report is at the discretion of those to whom the inquiry has sent them.