Inquiries
Northern Ireland
Written answers and statements, 3 November 2009
Owen Paterson (Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland; North Shropshire, Conservative)
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what expenditure his Department has incurred to date on (a) the Saville Inquiry, (b) the Robert Hamill Inquiry, (c) the Rosemary Nelson Inquiry and (d) the Billy Wright Inquiry.
Shaun Woodward (Secretary of State, Northern Ireland Office; St Helens South, Labour)
Expenditure by the Northern Ireland Office to the end of September 2009 on funding the public inquiries is as follows:
| £ million | |
| Bloody Sunday Inquiry | (1)153 |
| Robert Hamill Inquiry | 28 |
| Rosemary Nelson Inquiry | 43 |
| Billy Wright Inquiry | 28 |
| (1) In addition, £36 million has been paid by the Ministry of Defence in relation to the inquiry. | |