Question follow-through · 5779

Undercover Policing Inquiry: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what has been the total public cost to date of the Undercover Policing Inquiry.

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 1 Jun 2026
Target answer date: 3 Jun 2026
Answer: 4 Jun 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

1 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what has been the total public cost to date of the Undercover Policing Inquiry.
3 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Inquiry recently published its costs on its website, indicating that total expenditure to the end of March 2026 was £137,067,000. The Inquiry updates its website periodically as further costs are incurred. Further information is available on the Inqui...

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