Public Inquiries (Costs)

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Northern Ireland – in the House of Commons at 11:30 am on 4 March 2009.

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Photo of Shaun Woodward Shaun Woodward The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 11:30, 4 March 2009

The Bloody Sunday inquiry is expected to cost a total of £190 million, including costs incurred by the Ministry of Defence. The Hamill, Wright and Nelson inquiries are expected to cost a combined total of £117 million. The total cost, to the end of January 2009, of all four public inquiries is £267 million, and 70 per cent. of those costs relate to the Bloody Sunday inquiry.