§ Sir David MadelTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what was the total cost to public funds of the Scott inquiry for arms for Iraq. [18653]
§ Mr. FreemanThe total cost to date of Sir Richard Scott's inquiry is assessed as £6,344,000.
This figure includes the direct salary, legal and other estimated costs of the inquiry itself; the direct salary cost of officials wholly employed on matters relating to the inquiry—but not the cost of officials who have worked on inquiry-related matters from time to time as part of their normal duties, which is unquantifiable; the cost of providing external legal services for witnesses to the inquiry, and the value of legal services charged by the Treasury Solicitor's Department—some legal advice has been provided by Government lawyers as part of their normal duties, which is also unquantifiable and therefore not included.