The following table breaks down the yearly expenditure of the Bloody Sunday Inquiry on the basis of cash spend incurred by the Northern Ireland Office. The costs are divided into six broad categories:
legal costs, which include payments to counsel, inquiry solicitors, and all legal costs for witnesses and family representatives;
tribunal salaries and expenses, including judges' salaries and travel and accommodation costs, as well as allowances for the judges;
accommodation, which includes rent and rates for all inquiry offices and venues including costs to facilitate hearings in London;
IT, which includes cost of IT equipment and computers, consultants, and management of inquiry IT systems;
staffing, which includes salaries of all staff (both temporary and permanent), and travel and accommodation costs for staff;
administration costs, which include the running costs of the inquiry offices, cost of arrangements for publishing the report, payments to experts, and other general administration costs.
Type of cost Expenditure (£) (NIO funding) 2009-10 (to end of September 2009) Legal costs 388,106 Tribunal salaries and expenses 138,067 Accommodation 137,570 IT 188,832 Staffing 237,255 Administration costs 148,029 Total for 2009-10 1,237,859 2008-09 Legal costs 1,177,297 Tribunal salaries and expenses 657,125 Accommodation 1,259,280 IT 878,219 Staffing 533,869 Administration costs 361,248 Total for 2008-09 4,867,038 2007-08 Legal costs 1,714,001 Tribunal salaries and expenses 700,106 Accommodation 989,113 IT 819,702 Staffing 520,735 Administration costs 310,337 Total for 2067-08 5,053,994 2006-07 Legal costs 6,013,519 Tribunal salaries and expenses 709,638 Accommodation 998,562 IT 845,834 Staffing 478,390 Administration costs 472,921 Total for 2006-07 9,518,864 2005-06 Legal costs 3,108,239 Tribunal salaries and expenses 719,661 Accommodation 1,364,792 IT 910,273 Staffing 714,833 Administration costs 344,168 Total for 2005-06 7,161,966 2004-05 Legal costs 7,722,725 Tribunal salaries and expenses 744,526 Accommodation 1,673,794 IT 2,561,218 Staffing 1,008,623 Administration costs 662,504 Total for 2004-05 14,373,390
In addition to costs incurred by the Northern Ireland Office, the Ministry of Defence has also incurred £3.4 million since January 2005 primarily in relation to legal representation.
The total cost of the Bloody Sunday Inquiry to the end of September 2009 is £188.7 million, comprising £153.2 million incurred by the Northern Ireland Office and £35.6 million incurred by the Ministry of Defence.