The Cabinet Office is overseeing the UK Covid-19 Inquiry, a public inquiry examining the government's response to the coronavirus pandemic. The inquiry has published Module 4 Report and is examining various aspects including vaccination policy, mental health impacts, and inquiry costs, with ongoing investigations into pandemic preparedness and response.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the written statement, HCWS1456, on UK Government Response to Covid-19 Inquiry Module 2 Report, of 25 March 2026, what his planned timetable is for the proposed commencement of the …
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what has been the total public cost to date of the Covid-19 Inquiry. Answer: The UK Covid-19 Inquiry publishes a quarterly financial report of its costs. The latest publication for Q3 2025/26 …
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment was made of the potential merits of including an examination of the evidence base relating to the spike protein and lipid nanoparticles used in Covid-19 mRNA vaccines …
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to the Crown Commercial Service contractfinder entry, Provision of a Systematic evidence review on the impact of the pandemic on mental health, published March 2025, Procurement reference: CCZZ24A16, awa Answer: The …
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the Government will launch an inquiry into vaccine harms and excess deaths during Covid-19 lockdowns. Answer: Our thoughts are with the families of those who lost loved ones and those who …
To ask His Majesty's Government, with regard to the findings of the report published on 20 November by the UK COVID-19 Inquiry, Module 2, 2A, 2B, 2C Report: Core decision-making and political governance, what assessment they have made of the …
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to the public purse has been of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry since its establishment. Answer: The cumulative total spend of the Covid-19 Inquiry up to 30 June 2025 has …
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if his Department will publish (a) a timeline for the completion of the implementation of UK Covid-19 Inquiry Module 1 recommendations and (b) target dates for actions in progress. Answer: The Government …
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's publication entitled UK Covid-19 Inquiry Management Statement, published in August 2022, what steps he is taking to help ensure that the Covid-19 public inquiry represents valu Answer: …
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to ensure the transparency of all spending related to the Government's response to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry. Answer: The Government regularly publishes the cost to government in …
To ask His Majesty's Government what has been the cost to date for the UK Covid-19 Inquiry; and what estimate they have made of the future budget in each of the next two years. Answer: It is important that lessons …
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to the public purse is of the covid-19 inquiry; if he will make an estimate of the anticipated total cost of the inquiry; and whether the inquiry is running …
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to reduce the costs associated with the covid-19 inquiry. Answer: It is important that lessons are learnt from the Covid-19 pandemic and the response to it. The …
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing an oversight mechanism to monitor the implementation of recommendations from module one of the covid-19 inquiry. Answer: Public inquiries are …
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's publication entitled UK Covid-19 Inquiry Management Statement, published in August 2022, what steps he is taking to ensure the Covid-19 public inquiry represents overall value Answer: The …
To ask His Majesty's Government how the needs of the Clinically Extremely Vulnerable, as distinct from the disabled, will be addressed in the UK COVID-19 Inquiry. Answer: The UK COVID-19 Inquiry is independent of the Government. The process, procedure and …
To ask His Majesty's Government what legal costs they have incurred to date as a result of their decision to seek a judicial review on the application of the Inquiries Act 2005 to the Covid-19 Inquiry. Answer: We do not …
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the cost of the application for judicial review of the UK covid-19 inquiry. Answer: We do not yet have a figure for the costs incurred. We …
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent steps the Government has taken to engage with the UK Covid-19 Inquiry. Answer: The Government is fully committed to constructive engagement with the Covid-19 Inquiry and has been since its …
To ask His Majesty's Government when the UK COVID-19 inquiry will complete; and whether they will put a cap on the (1) time frame, and (2) cost, permitted. Answer: Under the Inquiries Act 2005, the process, timing and procedure of …
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of legal fees for judicial review of the notice from the UK Covid-19 Inquiry to his Department under section 21 …
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Department is taking to ensure that the Covid-19 inquiry hears views from people with protected characteristics including (a) ethnicity, (b) disability and (c) sex. Answer: The Covid-19 inquiry's terms …
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent discussions he has had with the chair of the covid-19 public inquiry on the progress of that inquiry. Answer: The Cabinet Office, as sponsor department, has supported the Covid Inquiry …
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department is taking steps to help ensure that the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities are fully represented in the Government's UK covid-19 public inquiry. Answer: The Inquiry is specifically required …
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister plans to meet with the Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice to discuss appointing panel members to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry. Answer: Appointments to an inquiry panel are made …
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what is the projected cost to the public purse of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry. Answer: The Inquiry’s timescales, process and procedure are all matters for its independent Chair, who is under a …
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many employees in his Department work on matters related to covid-19. Answer: There are 27 full time employees in one business unit currently working on the Government’s response to the Covid-19 …
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government is using a traffic light ranking system to assess disclosures to the Covid-19 Public Inquiry. Answer: The Covid-19 Inquiry will play a key role in learning lessons from the …
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government has sought external legal advice on disclosures to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry. Answer: The Covid-19 Inquiry will play a key role in learning lessons from the pandemic. The final …
To ask Her Majesty's Government when the terms of reference for the UK COVID-19 public inquiry, chaired by Lady Hallett, will be published; and what are the reasons for the delay. Answer: The final terms of reference for the UK …
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will take steps to ensure that the scope of the Covid-19 Inquiry includes an assessment of the potential impact on people bereaved by covid-19 of the findings of the Cabinet …
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it his policy to require the proposed covid-19 inquiry to collect evidence on the impact of breaches of covid-19 restrictions at 10 Downing Street on people who were …
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the Government has paid in fees to all counsel to public inquiries in each of the last ten years. Answer: Under the Inquiries Rules 2006, the appointment of Counsel to …
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will confirm the process by which counsel to public inquiries are selected. Answer: Under the Inquiries Rules 2006, the appointment of Counsel to the Inquiry is a matter for an …
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the process is for the selection of counsel for the forthcoming public inquiry into the covid-19 pandemic. Answer: Under the Inquiries Rules 2006, the appointment of Counsel to the Inquiry is …
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason the covid-19 inquiry will not hold public evidence hearings until 2023. Answer: The timing of a statutory inquiry’s various stages are, under the Inquiries Act 2005, a matter for …
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason the inquiry into the Government's handling of the covid-19 pandemic has not started. Answer: The Prime Minister has appointed the Rt Hon …
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the draft terms of reference for the covid-19 public inquiry will be published. Answer: The Prime Minister has appointed the Rt Hon Baroness Heather …
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the covid-19 public inquiry will formally commence. Answer: The Prime Minister has appointed the Rt Hon Baroness Heather Hallett DBE to chair the public …
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he has taken to consult relevant stakeholders on the criteria for the Terms of Reference for the Covid-19 Public Inquiry; who was consulted; …
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the publication of the timetable for the covid-19 inquiry. Answer: On 12 May, the Prime Minister …
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it his policy to include representatives from the Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice group in the membership of the inquiry commission …
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the impact of the covid-19 outbreak on cancer treatment and diagnosis will be included in upcoming covid-19 inquiry. Answer: On 12 May, the Prime …
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress has been made on establishing an inquiry into the Government's handling of the covid-19 outbreak; and whether the Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice …
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the Government will include an analysis of the median age and rate of cancer mortality compared to covid-19 mortality in the upcoming covid-19 inquiry. …
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had with the Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice group on the launch of the covid-19 inquiry; and how that group will …
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Minister is responsible for the covid-19 public inquiry. Answer: On 12 May, the Prime Minister confirmed that a public inquiry into COVID-19 would be …
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the Government will include an analysis of Government strategy and messaging on people coming forward for cancer diagnosis and treatment during the covid-19 outbreak …
Her Majesty's Government what lessons they have learned from the duration and cost of the Chilcot Inquiry. Answer: A number of lessons about inquiry processes were learned from the Iraq Inquiry, and government has absorbed these so that future inquiries …