asked Her Majesty's Government:

Further to the Written Answer by Lord Rooker on 17 March (WA 2) concerning the cost of the Saville inquiry, where and how the statement by Tessa Jowell MP on BBC Television's “Sunday AM” programme that the inquiry cost about £400 million was first corrected. [HL2947]

The figure was first corrected to Parliament when accurate costs of the Bloody Sunday inquiry were reported by the then Minister of State, the right honourable David Hanson, on 20 July 2006 (Official Report, col. 708W).