Henry Bellingham – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Henry Bellingham on 2016-10-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost of the Iraq Historic Allegations Team (IHAT) has been to date; and who is on the Board of the IHAT.

Mike Penning

As of 30 September 2016, the Iraq Historic Allegations Team (IHAT) has cost £34.7 million.

There is no Board of the IHAT. Its senior command team comprises the Director, who reports to the Provost Marshal (Navy), the Head of the Royal Navy Police, for investigative purposes; the Deputy Head, a Commander in the Royal Navy Police; the Legal Adviser, a Captain in the Royal Navy; and the Assistant Head, a civil servant who is responsible to the Director for resourcing and administrative issues.