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Probe: Emma Caldwell £250m and rising... cost of our public inquiries
Scottish Daily Express
|November 25, 2025
THE cost of Scotland’s public inquiries has topped more than £250million - with figures showing the bill having risen by almost £30m in nine months.
Between 2007 and September 2025, the overall bill for the cost of such inquiries stood at £258.8m.
That total, which covers five ongoing public inquiries as well as five that have been completed, is up by £28.8m from December 2024, data from the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICE) showed.
This story is from the November 25, 2025 edition of Scottish Daily Express.
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