Professor Dunleavy estimated immediate setup costs of £200 million in a report commissioned by the Sunday Post newspaper, with "total transition costs" of between £600 million and £1,500 million in the first 10 years of independence.
邓利维教授在《星期日邮报》委托的一份报告中 ，估计即刻设置费用为2亿英镑，另外有6亿为“全面转型成本”，1500万英镑用于独立后的头十年。