§ Mr. BluntTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what costs have been incurred by his Department to date in connection with the Saville inquiry; and what his estimate is of the final cost to his Department. [29589]
§ Peter HainThe Foreign and Commonwealth Office has incurred no direct costs in connection with the Bloody Sunday inquiry.
A few staff spend a small amount of time dealing with issues relating to the inquiry, but they absorb this task into their normal duties, so staff time costs are not separately calculated.