Question follow-through · 35211
Covid-19 Inquiry
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much each Department has spent on legal costs in responding to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 3 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 5 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 10 Mar 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much each Department has spent on legal costs in responding to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry.
5 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Mar 2025
Answer published
It is important that lessons are learnt from the Covid-19 pandemic. The UK Covid-19 Inquiry is independent of government and it is right that we allow the Chair to continue her important work. The Chair is under a statutory obligation to avoid unnecessary...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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