§ Mr. Gerald HowarthTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what action has been taken regarding those responsible for the release of the names of soldiers involved in the events of 30 January 1972 in Londonderry. [52042]
§ Mr. IngramThe Bloody Sunday inquiry is independent of Government and any action it has taken is a matter for the inquiry itself. However, we understand that procedures have been reviewed and significant improvements made.
So far as the two inadvertent disclosures by the team of lawyers representing the majority of soldiers are concerned, an official was reprimanded and a barrister apologised to the Tribunal.
The breach of security that occurred at the Treasury Solicitor's Department is the subject of a formal internal investigation, which is still being actively pursued.
§ Mr. Gerald HowarthTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether additional costs have been incurred in providing security to the former soldiers whose names were improperly released into the public domain by the Saville Inquiry. [52043]
IngramThe provision of security advice and additional protective measures where appropriate would of course incur costs. I am withholding details of these costs in accordance with Exemption 1 of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information.
§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much public funding has been provided to the legal representatives of his Department, HM armed forces and other individuals appearing at the Saville Inquiry, broken down by each(a) barrister, (b) firm of solicitors and (c) other body involved. [48695]
§ Mr. IngramThe payments made to the legal representatives appearing at the Saville Inquiry on behalf of the Ministry of Defence or HM armed forces are set out in the table. The figures include fees, expenses and VAT (where that is paid). The first date shows when the first payment was made, which may have been some months after the recipient was first instructed by the Ministry of Defence. The second date shows the payments made as at the end of February 2002. There are four teams representing the soldiers (necessary due to the existence of conflicts of interest between various individuals) and one representing the MOD.
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Period covered Payments made(£) from To Senior Counsel representing MOD Ian Burnett 173,508.67 August 1998 January 2002 Hon. Philip Havers 7,138.13 May 2000 January 2001 Senior Counsel representing HM armed forces Peter Clarke 425,874.22 January 2001 February 2002 Gerard Elias 747,171.82 July 2000 February 2002 Edwin Glasgow 2,155,288.49 December 1998 February 2002 Jeremy Gompertz 611.00 September 1999 September 1999 Sir Allan Green 693,733.48 March 1999 February 2002 Rosamund Horwood-Smart 18,352.03 January 2002 January 2002 Sir Sydney Kentridge 52,875.00 October 1999 October 1999 Edmund Lawson 693,127.75 August 1999 December 2001 David Lloyd Jones1 639,571.81 December 1998 February 2002 Anna Worrall 100,456.55 January 2000 July 2000 Junior Counsel representing MOD David Barr 9,014.94 January 1999 July 1999 William Hoskins 43,849.60 August 1999 January 2002 Junior Counsel representing HM armed forces Gaby Bonham Carter 24,608.91 October 2000 April 2001 Michael Bools 649,447.65 December 1998 February 2002 David Bradly 542,648.90 March 1999 February 2002 Jonathan Crow 793.13 January 2002 January 2002 Huw Davies 83,998.13 April 2001 February 2002 Nicholas Griffin 653,366.13 February 1999 February 2002 Sam Grodzinski 1,877.07 March 2000 March 200 Michael Hick 253,895.01 February 1999 April 2001 Jonathan Hough 4,487.99 June 2001 June 2001 Alexander Hugh Milne 16,212.32 January 2002 January 2002 Andrew Hurst 231,185.13 April 1999 April 2001 Ian Leist 323,165.03 November 2000 February 2002 Alan May 299,009.28 March 1999 June 2001 Kristian Mills 35,382.15 October 2000 December 2001 Nicholas Moss 343,904.66 January 2000 February 2002 Stephen Requena 19,837.21 January 2002 January 2002 Thomas Quinton 47,421.89 June 2001 February 2002 Solicitors representing MOD Treasury solicitor 24,301.66 July 1998 February 2002 Solicitors representing HM armed forces Devonshires 1,352,264.34 July 1998 January 2002 Jacqueline Duff 89,635.60 March 1999 February 2002 Kingsley Napley 887,685.89 January 1999 February 2002 Payne Hicks Beach2 1,859,985.30 October 1998 February 2002 Treasury solicitor 1,696,330.79 April 1998 February 2002 1 Became a QC April 1999 2 Includes air fares and car hire costs incurred by some counsel