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Costs incurred by the Inquests

In the interests of openness the Secretary to the Inquests has decided to publish a broad overview of costs so far incurred by the Inquests into the deaths of Diana, Princess of Wales and Mr Dodi Al Fayed. We are unable to provide a more detailed breakdown because of commercial confidentiality. These costs will be updated regularly.

Costs incurred from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008

Staff £300,381.00
External legal services £1,857,824.00
IT Services £717,481.00
Video Conferencing and special visits £722,655.00
Consultancy £161,579.00
Running costs £776,678.00
Total £4,536,598.00

NB: A total cost of £187,464.00 was incurred by Lord Justice Scott Baker and the previous coroner, Lady Butler-Sloss, up to the 30 June 2007. These are not included in the figures above.

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