Lord Laird – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Laird on 2015-12-21.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the financial year 2003–04, what was the total cost of each public inquiry conducted; and what was paid to each inquiry chairman, including expenses and VAT.

Lord Bridges of Headley

The information in relation to this time period is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. However, the total cost on completion of those inquiries which span this time period is available as part of the evidence provided by the Government to the House of Lords Select Committee on the Inquiries Act 2005:

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201314/ldselect/ldinquiries/143/14318.htm