Leveson Inquiry: The big numbers
- Published
On Thursday, Lord Justice Leveson's Inquiry into press standards in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal will publish its report.
Some of the UK's most powerful people appeared before the inquiry over more than 100 days to be quizzed about the future of the British press, its relationship with the police, politicians and how it should be regulated.
Here we look back at its scale, how many words were spoken, who appeared, and which of the key witnesses struggled to remember.
People
Right
Press
Public
Media
Who spoke the most?
- 36,001 words
Nick Davies
Guardian journalist - 31,076 words
Alastair Campbell
Ex-government spokesman - 25,890 words
David Cameron
Prime Minister - 24,034 words
Tony Blair
Former Prime Minister
= 50 words spoken
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David
Cameron
49
of 25,890
words spoken
-
James
Murdoch
41
of 23,162
words spoken
-
Rebekah
Brooks
35
of 20,544
words spoken
-
Rupert
Murdoch
30
of 19,362
words spoken
-
Andy
Coulson
28
of 10,531
words spoken
-
Colin
Myler
23
of 13,889
words spoken
-
Jeremy
Hunt
23
of 24,032
words spoken
-
Tony
Blair
19
of 24,034
words spoken
organisations
people
Those people are, or have been, involved in:
- Media or PR
- 202
- The police
- 48
- Law
- 41
- Politics
- 38
- Academia
- 36
- Regulators or watchdogs
- 21
- Campaigns or charities
- 14
- Entertainment
- 12
- Other
- 62
Notes on the data: All data was taken from the Leveson Inquiry website, external on Thursday 19 July 2012 and does not include the final two days of the inquiry on 23 and 24 July.
In the breakdown of witnesses by profession, police press personnel have been included in the media or PR category and company lawyers in law. The number of people includes some representatives of organisations also included in the organisation count.