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Mr. Christopher Price
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the published cost of the report by the hon. Sir Henry Fisher into the Confait case includes the cost of legal representation for the police; and, if not, what these costs were.
Mr. Merlyn Rees
No. I am making inquiries of the Commissioner of Police and will write to my hon. Friend.
Mr. Christopher Price
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will publish in the Official Report a break-down of the various elements in the £205,250 which has been published as the cost of the report by the hon. Sir Henry Fisher into the Confait case.
Mr. Merlyn Rees
Following is the information:
| £ | |
| Fees and expenses for Chairman and counsel for the Inquiry | 41,351 |
| Treasury Solicitor's Department | 25,000 |
| Witnesses' fees and expenses | 4,436 |
| Secretariat | 33,462 |
| Legal representation of Messrs. Lattimore, Leighton and Salih. | 20,405 |
| Legal representation and staff costs of Director of Public Prosecutions | 20,875 |
| Other legal representation (not including that of the police) | 3,816 |
| Accommodation | 15,045 |
| Administrative costs (photocopying, telephones, transport, etc.) | 10,534 |
| Transcripts | 13,546 |
| 188,470 | |
| rounded to | 188,500 |
| Printing and publishing of report | 16,750 |
| Total | 205,250 |