Question follow-through · 128596

Southport Inquiry

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2025 to Question 70519 on Public Inquiries, what the total cost to the public purse of the Southport inquiry is at the most recent date for which data are availab

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 20 Apr 2026
Target answer date: 22 Apr 2026
Answer: 27 Apr 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

20 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2025 to Question 70519 on Public Inquiries, what the total cost to the public purse of the Southport inquiry is at the most recent date for which data are availab
22 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 Apr 2026
Answer published
The total costs for the Southport Inquiry have not yet been published. However, the inquiry will be expected to publish its costs periodically and intends to make these available in due course on its website, which is available here: https://www.southport...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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