I am advised that the costs of the inquiry for each calendar month since February 2005 have been as follows:
NIO funding to the inquiry MOD legal costs Total 2008-09 April 499,141 25,377 524,518 May 332,889 11,454 344,343 June 189,141 18,812 207,953 July 375,454 21,150 396,604 August 346,626 22,358 368,984 September 406,974 27,884 434,858 Total 2,150,225 127,035 2,277,260 2007-08 April 286,425 20,946 307,371 May 325,249 25,896 351,145 June 300,272 15,978 316,250 July 940,194 27,058 967,252 August 338,424 22,305 360,729 September 507,882 17,983 525,865 October 234,884 25,629 260,513 November 462,529 22,189 484,718 December 239,949 21,362 261,311 January 453,054 25,255 478,309 February 599,295 23,167 622,462 March 365,839 22,194 388,033 Total 5,053,994 269,962 5,323,956 2006-07 April 351,827 22,192 374,019 May 4,033,188 24,689 4,057,877 June 706,742 26,602 733,344 July 353,425 42,161 395,586 August 954,094 18,323 972,417 September 330,117 21,305 351,422 October 219,749 29,300 249,049 November 716,369 25,984 742,353 December 576,040 27,861 603,901 January 415,493 27,826 443,319 February 360,675 20,670 381,345 March 501,147 18,293 519,440 Total 9,518,866 305,206 9,824,072 2005-06 April 551,126 38,093 589,219 May 448,943 27,278 476,221 June 665,401 60,196 725,597 July 762,083 53,926 816,009 August 1,201,478 27,437 1,228,915 September 574,566 11,327 585,893 October 662,000 30,054 692,054 November 488,252 31,803 520,055 December 455,719 47,323 503,042 January 439,321 31,390 470,711 February 456,188 36,448 492,636 March 456,892 26,650 483,542 Total 7,161,969 421,925 7,583,894 2004-05 February 1,629,280 31,696 1,660,976 March 698,762 70,821 769,583 Total 2,328,042 102,517 2,430,559
NIO funding to the inquiry covers expenditure by the Bloody Sunday inquiry, including staff, accommodation, IT, travel and legal costs for some participants.