Type of expense Year Cost
Claimant legal fees and damages2010-11£23.7m
Claimant legal fees and damages2011-12£17.6m
One-off News of the World closure costs2011-12£46.7m
Management and Standards Committee costs2011-12£63.9m
News of the World publishing rights write-off2011-12£160m
News of the World restructuring costs (including redundancies)2011-12£34.2m
Lost News of the World revenues estimate2011-12£100m
BSkyB breakup fee2011-12£45m
Claimant legal fees and damages2012-13£10.3m
‘UK newspaper matters’ legal fees2012-13£50.1m
Other ‘UK newspaper matters’ costs2012-13£1.3m
Management and Standards Committee costs2012-13£25.9m
Claimant legal fees and damages2013-14£7.3m
‘UK newspaper matters’ legal fees2013-14£78m
Other ‘UK newspaper matters’ costs2013-14£1.3m
Management and Standards Committee costs2013-14£16.1m
Claimant legal fees and damages2014-15£4.3m
‘UK newspaper matters’ legal fees2014-15£41.6m
Other ‘UK newspaper matters’ costs2014-15£9.1m
Management and Standards Committee costs2014-15£10.2m
Claimant legal fees and damages2015-16£5.2m
‘UK newspaper matters’ legal fees2015-16£13.1m
Other ‘UK newspaper matters’ costs2015-16£6m
Management and Standards Committee costs2015-16£6m
Claimant legal fees and damages2016-17£19.9m
‘UK newspaper matters’ legal fees2016-17£26.7m
Other ‘UK newspaper matters’ costs2016-17£1m
Management and Standards Committee costs2016-17£3.6m
Claimant legal fees and damages2017-18£14.7m
‘UK newspaper matters’ legal fees2017-18£29.5m
Other ‘UK newspaper matters’ costs2017-18£0.5m
Management and Standards Committee costs2017-18£1.6m
Claimant legal fees and damages2018-19£26.7m
‘UK newspaper matters’ legal fees2018-19£25.1m
Other ‘UK newspaper matters’ costs2018-19£0.6m
Management and Standards Committee costs2018-19£1.6m
Claimant legal fees and damages2019-20£52.3m
‘UK newspaper matters’ legal fees2019-20£26.2m
Other ‘UK newspaper matters’ costs2019-20£0.3m
Management and Standards Committee costs2019-20£1.3m
Total2011-20£1.01bn