Iraq Inquiry costs for the financial year 2009 to 2010

18 October 2010

The Iraq Inquiry has, published the final costs for the financial year 2009-2010. These update the provisional estimated outturn published in March 2010. The total cost, up to 31 March 2010, was £2,270,5001.

A breakdown of the expenditure is below:

DescriptionCosts
Inquiry Secretariat staff costs £793,200
Committee and Advisers’ remuneration £361,600
Public hearings
(includes room hire, audio-visual links, broadcasting & transcription)		 £598,100
Other public events
(includes six meetings with families of British Service personnel & civilians who died or are missing in Iraq)		 £23,500
Office accommodation £280,500
IT & telecommunications
(includes reprographics & website management)		 £195,100
Publications
(includes books and daily newspaper cuttings service)		 £2,200
Stationery
(includes postage & general office supplies)		 £4,300
Travel £8,000
Other costs £4,000
Total £2,270,500

1 NB: All figures here are rounded to the nearest hundred.