Question reference: S4W-23405
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 24 November 2014
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Current status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 4 December 2014
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many public inquiries there have been from 1999, broken down by (a) completed and (b) ongoing inquiries, showing the (i) cost and (ii) duration of each.
Answer
There have been five statutory public inquiries established since 1999, all under the Inquiries Act 2005 and Inquiries (Scotland) Rules 2007. Details of the cost and duration of each inquiry are in the following table, including whether it is completed or ongoing:
| Inquiry | Status* | Cost | Duration** |
| ICL Inquiry | completed | £1.9 million | 1 year 5 months |
| Fingerprint Inquiry | completed | £4.75 million | 3 years 9 months |
| Vale of Level Hospital Inquiry | completed | £10.3 million (as at 1 October 2014) with final costs still to be published | 5 years 1 month |
| Penrose Inquiry | ongoing | £11.3 million (as at June 2014) with a projected cost of £11.7 million (estimate provided by the inquiry team July 2014) | Commenced January 2012 |
| Edinburgh Tram Inquiry | ongoing | Not known | Became a statutory inquiry November 2014 |
*completed means final report has been issued
**duration from when inquiry set up to report published