The legal costs in relation to the Bloody Sunday Inquiry in each of the last 12 months for both the Inquiry and the Ministry of Defence (MOD) for which figures are available are shown in the following table. These costs cover payments to lawyers working for the Inquiry and to lawyers representing interested parties and witnesses before the Inquiry (including those funded by the MOD).
Month Bloody Sunday Inquiry MOD legal costs Total 2008 April 171,435.67 22,193.64 193,629.31 May 81,515.02 25,546.38 107,061.40 June 19,401.90 11,453.90 30,855.80 July 33,535.02 18,812.46 52,347.48 August 71,483.39 21,714.48 93,197.87 September 54,505.27 22,357.90 76,863.17 October 21,486.03 27,883.93 49,369.96 November 154,901.26 27,710.26 182,611.52 December 19,863.63 19,554.37 39,418.00 2009 January 69,152.44 0.0 69,152.44 February 346,444.93 0.0 346,444.93 March1 — — — Total 1,043,724.56 197,227.32 1,240,951.88 1 Final figure not yet available.