Question follow-through · 84027
Covid-19 Inquiry
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.
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
- 21 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 23 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 30 Oct 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
Recorded timeline
21 Oct 2025
Question tabled
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.
23 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Oct 2025
Answer published
The cumulative total spend of the Covid-19 Inquiry up to 30 June 2025 has been published in the latest financial report on their website. The next report is due in November.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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