Al-Sweady Public Inquiry
(asked on )
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the potential cost to the public purse of the Al-Sweady public inquiry.
This question was answered on 12th May 2014
The Al-Sweady Inquiry has cost the public purse £28.4 million to 31st March 2014. The potential cost of the Inquiry to its completion is £31.1 million.
This includes costs for inquiry personnel, all legal and professional services, including paralegals, legal investigators, translation services, costs of the Inquiry hearing rooms and associated utilities, IT, and expenses incurred in obtaining witness evidence.