Terrorism
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much her Department has spent in each of the last five years on investigations into past terrorist incidents in Northern Ireland.
Government answer
The Northern Ireland Office does not conduct investigations into terrorist incidents. Investigations are a matter for the independent policing authorities.
The Northern Ireland Office has funded a number of inquiries that were established by the previous government into terrorist incidents in Northern Ireland. The Billy Wright Inquiry closed in September 2010 and cost £30.5 million. The Rosemary Nelson Inquiry closed in May 2011 and cost £46.5 million. Costs for these inquiries within the period requested are set out below.
In 2011, the Northern Ireland Office set up a review into the murder of Patrick Finucane, which reported in 2012 at a cost of £1.1m.
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Rosemary Nelson Inquiry (£) (end May 11)
Billy Wright Inquiry
(£) (end Aug 10)
09/10
5,081,501
4,817,835
10/11
1,924,195
692,373
11/12
114,725
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