Gun surrender process cost £12m
THE process of negotiating and verifying the destruction of republican and loyalist guns over the past decade cost £12m.
DUP MP Gregory Campbell asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the cost to the public purse was of the work of the Independent International Commission on Decommissioning since its commencement.
Secretary of State Owen Paterson replied: “The Independent International Commission for Decommissioning running costs are shared equally between the British and Irish Governments.
“The total cost to the British and Irish Governments from inception to closure was £12,215,884 with the British Government contributing £6,107,942.”