Please contact the Committee Clerks should you require any further information. 2 Yours sincerely, Kenneth Gibson MSP Convener 3 ANNEXE A List of relevant public inquiries and available data A list of public inquiries established by the Scottish Government since 2007 has been as follows: • The Campbell Inquiry (Fingerprints) o announced March 2008 o public hearings from June 2009 to November 2009 o reported December 2011 (approx. 3 yrs) o 86 recommendations o no breakdown of costs o Total Cost: £3.4 million • The Penrose Inquiry (Contaminated blood) o announced April 2008 o public hearings from March 2011 to March 2012, procedural hearing Oct 2012 o reported March 2015 (approx. 7 yrs) o 1 recommendation o legal costs £5.1million; inquiry team £3.3 million; expert input £730k; professional services £977k; oral hearings £808k; and accommodation and administration £1.1million o Total cost : £12.1million • The “Stockline” ICL Inquiry (Gas explosion) (joint SG/UK inquiry) o announced December 2007 o public hearings from July 2008 to November 2008 o reported July 2009 (approx. 1 yr) o Four phase action plan o no breakdown of costs o total cost £1.9 million • The Vale of Leven Inquiry (Hospital-acquired infection) o announced in April 2009 o public hearings from June 2010 to June 2012 o reported November 2014 (approx. 5 yrs) o 75 recommendations o legal costs £5.3million; inquiry team £3.1million; expert input £677k; professional services £380k; oral hearings £651k; and accommodation and administration £578k o total cost £10.7million • Edinburgh Tram Inquiry o announced June 2014 o public hearings from October 2015 to May 2018 o reported September 2023 (approx. 9 yrs) o 24 recommendations 4 o staff costs £4.2million, accommodation £1.2 million, professional fee £2.3 million, Transport Scotland legal fees £105k, IT £998k, 1 Miscellaneous £767k o total cost £13.7 million • Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry o established October 2015 o timeline of hearings not clear from the website o originally to report by 2019 but changed to as soon as reasonably practicable (approx. 9 years - ongoing) o no recommendations have been made as yet o no breakdown of costs o total cost as of March 2025 £91.9million • Scottish Hospitals Inquiry (Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow / Royal Hospital for Children and Young People and Department of Clinical Neurosciences in Edinburgh o announced September 2019, established August 2020 o public hearings September 2021 to November 2024, next hearing scheduled for April 2025 o interim report published March 2025 (approx. 6 yrs - ongoing) o 11 interim recommendations o inquiry staffing ( 66 staff as at February 2024 ), including Chair £12.4 million; inquiry counsel and specialists/experts £3.4 million; core participant and witness costs £2.7million; and running costs, including accommodation and IT £5million o total cost as of December 2024 £23.6million • Sheku Bayoh Inquiry o announced November 2019 o public hearings from May 2022...