Bloody Sunday Tribunal of Inquiry: Expenditure Mr. Gregory Campbell To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland with reference to the answer of 12 November 2009, Official Report, columns 902-04W, on the Bloody Sunday Tribunal of Inquiry, under what budget headings the expenditure was incurred in each year. Mr. Woodward 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.