§ Dr. KumarTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will estimate the overall cost of the Lancet inquiry into alleged corruption in the Cleveland police force and breakdown the costs under their main headings; and if he will make a statement. [122701]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeThe cost of the Lancet inquiry to the end of April this year was £2.622 million. This can be broken down as follows:
£ million Cleveland officers (including salaries, overtime and travel/subsistence) 1.271 Officers from Northamptonshire, Warwickshire and West Yorkshire (including salaries, overtime and travel/subsistence) 1.169 Other costs (accommodation and office expenditure) 0.182