Written question asked by Robert McCartney (United Kingdom Unionist) on Thursday, 3 February 2000, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 22 February 2000. It was answered by Adam Ingram (Labour) on Tuesday, 22 February 2000 on behalf of the Northern Ireland Office.

Northern Ireland Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what has been the cost to date of the enquiries into the deaths of (a) Mrs Rosemary Nelson and (b) Mr John Finucane. - Including figures.

Answer: Mr. Robert McCartney: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what has been the cost to date of the inquiries into the deaths of (a) Mrs. Rosemary Nelson and (b) Mr. John Finucane. [109035] Mr. Ingram: Information on the total cost of these investigations is not available. However, on Mrs. Nelson, £767,000 has been spent on this inquiry to date. This figure includes travel, overtime, accommodation and incidental expenses. It does not include the salary costs of Deputy Chief Constable Colin Port and his team of officers. On the other death, (assuming that this refers to the murder of Patrick Finucane) the additional cost of police agencies' salaries, overtime, travel, accommodation and incidental expenses since 1989 is £2.3 million. The figure does not include RUC costs.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 344 c960W; 109035
Session: 1999-00
Subjects: Criminal investigation Homicide Finucane, Patrick Nelson, Rosemary
Contains statistics: Yes