Cost of Scottish inquiries (updated 29 May 2025) Table 1: Public inquiries since 2007 Inquiry title Date announced Final report Inquiry cost (cash published prices) 1 ICL Stockline (industrial explosion) October 2007 July 2009 £1.9m Campbell Inquiry (Fingerprints) March 2008 December 2011 £4.8m Penrose Inquiry (Contaminated blood) April 2008 March 2015 £12.1m Vale of Leven Inquiry (Hospital-acquired April 2009 November 2014 £10.7m infection) Edinburgh Tram Inquiry June 2014 September 2023 £13.1m Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry December 2014 Ongoing £95.3m to Mar 2025 Scottish Hospitals Inquiry September 2019 Ongoing £25.4m to Mar 2025 Sheku Bayoh Inquiry November 2019 Ongoing £24.8m to Mar 2025 Scottish Covid-19 Inquiry December 2021 Ongoing £38.9m to Mar 2025 Professor Eljamel Inquiry September 2023 Ongoing £1.1 m (just started) Emma Caldwell Case Inquiry March 2024 Not started yet NA...