Total Inquiry Cost
£2,768,000
Sum of annual reports
Cost Breakdown (to Mar 2026)
Inquiry Legal Costs
£1,889,000
Panel remuneration & Counsel to the Inquiry
Core Participant Legal Costs
-
Legal funding for core participants
Panel
£129,000
Staff
£372,000
Accommodation
£120,000
Technology
£225,000
Safeguarding
£2,000
Other
£31,000
Verbatim: 'This document sets out the expenditure of The Manston Inquiry from 1 April 2025 - 31 March 2026, the full financial year.' 'The total expenditure for the full financial year 2025-2026 is £2.768m with the breakdown in the table below.' Published breakdown in £'000s: Chair's fees 129; Secretariat salaries 372; Inquiry legal team 1,714; Counsel costs 175; Additional IT costs 4; Psychological support and safeguarding 2; Document Management 214; Office/other rent costs 119; Other accommodation costs 1; Audio-visual & associated costs 10; Stakeholder engagement, communications & associated projects 8; Website costs 7; Expenses 8; Other 5 -- all multiplied by 1,000 here per the report's own note: 'All figures are in thousands of pounds and include VAT, where applicable.' Report also states these figures 'have not been compiled by accountants and are not intended to be equivalent to company accounts.' Mapping decisions: inquiry_legal_costs = Inquiry legal team (£1,714,000, Solicitor to the Inquiry/GLD/DWF) + Counsel costs (£175,000, Counsel to the Inquiry) = £1,889,000; no core-participant legal funding is reported. panel_remuneration = Chair's fees only. staff_costs = Secretariat salaries. accommodation_costs = Office/other rent costs (£119,000) + Other accommodation costs (£1,000, ushering service at preliminary hearing). technology_costs = Additional IT costs (£4,000) + Document Management (£214,000, 'costs of the evidence management system, including associated software') + Website costs (£7,000, hosting/design/maintenance). safeguarding_costs = Psychological support and safeguarding (direct match, £2,000, 'emotional support services to victims and witnesses'). other_costs = Audio-visual & associated costs (£10,000, AV/technical services for the preliminary hearing) + Stakeholder engagement, communications & associated projects (£8,000) + Expenses (£8,000, accommodation/travel/subsistence for Chair/Secretariat/legal team/Counsel) + Other (£5,000, translation, office supplies, postage) = £31,000. Mapped components sum to exactly £2,768,000 = total_cost, no residual. This is the Inquiry's first published financial report. Chair Sophie Cartwright KC was appointed 17 March 2025 but this report covers FY2025-26 (from 1 April 2025) only; no report addresses any spend in the 17-31 March 2025 gap. is_cumulative=False: report is framed as 'the full financial year', not as cumulative since inquiry start.