Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the cost of the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation in each of the last 10 years.

The costs to the Government for the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation since 2011 are set out below:

2011-2012: £213,100

2012-2013: £201,700

2013-2014: £213,100

2014-2015: £270,000 (plus an additional £350,800 for the statutory Investigatory Powers Review, as required by section 7 of the Data Protection and Investigatory Powers Act 2014)

2015-2016 (to the half year point in September): £135,800

It is not possible to provide an accurate breakdown of the Independent Reviewer’s costs prior to 2011.