HC Deb 14 July 2003 vol 409 c128W
Mr. McNamara

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the cost was of the Victoria Climbié Inquiry; how long it lasted; and how many days it sat in public. [124335]

Margaret Hodge

I have been asked to reply.

The total expenditure of the Victoria Climbié Inquiry, from its establishment on 20 April 2001 to its report being presented to the Government on 6 January 2003, was £3.8 million.

Other details relating to the Inquiry can be obtained from the Victoria Climbié Inquiry website, www.victoriaclimbie.org. uk.