To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the cost was of the three inquiries into the effectiveness of local health services’ procedures to deal with complaints about individuals. (143712)

The total cost of the three inquiries was £7,336,000. The cost of the Ayling Inquiry was £1,982,000; the Neale Inquiry was £2,145,000 and the Kerr/Haslam Inquiry, which included some common costs for all three inquiries, was £3,209,000.