Popular TV shrinks don’t come cheaply.

In response to an inquiry from Parliament, Margaret Hodge, UK Minister of State for Culture, Creative Industries and Tourism said earlier that week that the much-discussed video game and Net review conducted by Dr. Tanya Byron (left) cost the British government about £275,000 ($544,000). From Hodge’s written remarks:

The review has just ended and while

accounting procedures are still to be completed, we estimate that a total of around £275,000 has been spent on the review, not including salaries and expenses of the civil servants on the Review’s secretariat.

This included expenditure on consultation with parents and other stakeholders, and a comprehensive literature review.

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