Question to the Northern Ireland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the final costs were for each of the participating legal teams and individuals involved in the Saville Inquiry; and what costs in that inquiry were incurred after 2005.
The team costs for each of the participating legal teams are detailed in the enclosed attachment.
A full breakdown of the legal costs from 2005 onwards is not readily available. The table below provides a less detailed breakdown.
Costs £ | 2004/ 2005 | 2005/ 2006 | 2006/ 2007 | 2007/ 2008 | 2008/ 2009 | 2009/ 2010 | 2010/ 2011 |
Inquiry Counsel fees | 1,579,400 | 840,342 | 855,342 | 750,531 | 685,926 | 844,016 | 121,435 |
Eversheds | 339,593 | 70,914 | - | - | - | 5,204 | - |
Lawyers for Interested Parties - fees | 5,474,483 | 2,104,590 | 4,795,377 | 951,995 | 419,714 | - | - |
Lawyers for IPs - accommodation | 34,652 | 21,674 | 69,770 | - | 30,000 | - | - |
Lawyers for IPs - travel | 272,310 | 67,851 | 281,238 | 11,454 | 16,678 | - | - |
Lawyers for IPs - subsistence | 22,287 | 2,868 | 11,792 | 21 | 24,979 | - | - |
Total | 7,722,725 | 3,108,239 | 6,013,519 | 1,714,001 | 1,177,297 | 849,220 | 121,435 |