Week 1
24 November 2025
Please note timings are provisional and subject to change.
| Date | Monday 24 November | Tuesday 25 November | Wednesday 26 November | Thursday 27 November | Friday 28 November |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start time | 10:30 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | |
| Morning | Impact film Counsel to the Inquiry Opening Submissions |
Dr Mike Brewer (Labour Market Expert) Sophie Howes (on behalf of Child Poverty Action Group) Kamran Mallick (on behalf of Disability Rights UK) |
The Rt Hon. Baroness Thérèse Coffey DBE PC (former Secretary of State for Work and Pensions) |
Robert Harrison OBE CMG (former Director General for Analysis, Covid-19 Taskforce) James Benford (former Director of the Economics Group, HM Treasury) |
Non-sitting day |
| Afternoon | Core Participant Opening Submissions | Will Quince (former Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Welfare Delivery) |
The Rt Hon. Baroness Thérèse Coffey DBE PC (former Secretary of State for Work and Pensions) Continued Mike Ormerod Attending remotely (on behalf of Long Covid Support) |
James Benford (former Director of the Economics Group, HM Treasury) Continued Dan York-Smith (former Director of Strategy, Planning and Budget Group, HM Treasury) Dr Ben Warner (former Special Advisor, No. 10 Downing Street) |
Non-sitting day |
Week 2
1 December 2025
Please note timings are provisional and subject to change.
| Date | Monday 1 December | Tuesday 2 December | Wednesday 3 December | Thursday 4 December | Friday 5 December |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start time | 10:30 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | |
| Morning | Sarah Elliott (on behalf of National Council for Voluntary Organisations) The Rt Hon. Sir Oliver Dowden KCB CBE MP (former Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) |
Sir James Harra KCB (former Chief Executive and First Permanent Secretary of His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs) | Kate Forbes MSP (former Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Economy, Scotland) The Rt. Hon Lady Diane Dodds MLA (former Minister for the Economy, Northern Ireland) |
Joanna Killian (on behalf of Local Government Association) Dr Chris Llewelyn (on behalf of Welsh Local Government Association) Nicola Dickie Attending remotely (on behalf of Convention of Scottish Local Authorities) |
Non-sitting day |
| Afternoon | Kate Bell (on behalf of Trades Union Congress) Dr Tim Leunig (former Economic Adviser to the Chancellor of the Exchequer) |
Dame Clare Moriarty DCB (on behalf of Citizens Advice) The Rt Hon. Steve Barclay MP (former Chief Secretary to His Majesty’s Treasury) |
The Rt. Hon Lady Diane Dodds MLA (former Minister for the Economy, Northern Ireland) Continued |
Alison Greenhill (Chief Operating Officer, Leicester City Council) |
Non-sitting day |
Week 3
8 December 2025
Please note timings are provisional and subject to change.
| Date | Monday 8 December | Tuesday 9 December | Wednesday 10 December | Thursday 11 December | Friday 12 December |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start time | 10:30 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | |
| Morning | Alex Skinner (former Director of Local Government Finance, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government) Sir Charles Roxburgh KCB (former Second Permanent Secretary, HM Treasury) |
Kate Nicholls OBE (on behalf of UKHospitality) David Postings (on behalf of UK Finance) Reinald De Monchy (on behalf of British Business Bank) |
Mark Cheeseman OBE (on behalf of Public Sector Fraud Authority) The Rt Hon. Lord Alok Sharma KCMG PC (former Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) |
The Rt Hon. Lord Mervyn King KG GBE (former Governor of the Bank of England) Andrew Bailey (Governor of the Bank of England) |
Non-sitting day |
| Afternoon | Sir Charles Roxburgh KCB (former Second Permanent Secretary, HM Treasury) Continued | Reinald De Monchy (on behalf of British Business Bank) Continued Richard Bearman (on behalf of British Business Bank) |
The Rt Hon. Lord Alok Sharma KCMG PC (former Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) Continued |
Andrew Bailey (Governor of the Bank of England) Continued | Non-sitting day |
Week 4
15 December 2025
Please note timings are provisional and subject to change.
| Date | Monday 15 December | Tuesday 16 December | Wednesday 17 December | Thursday 18 December | Friday 19 December |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start time | 10:30 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | |
| Morning | The Rt Hon. Rishi Sunak MP (former Chancellor of the Exchequer) | The Rt Hon. Rishi Sunak MP (former Chancellor of the Exchequer) Continued | Gareth Davies CB (on behalf of Department for Business and Trade) Naomi Clayton (on behalf of Institute for Employment Studies) |
Closing Statements Core Participants |
Non-sitting day |
| Afternoon | The Rt Hon. Rishi Sunak MP (former Chancellor of the Exchequer) Continued | Robert Joyce (Expert in Economic Policy) |
Dr Sarah Cumbers (on behalf of Royal Statistical Society) Grant Fitzner (on behalf of Office for National Statistics) |
Closing Statements Core Participants |
Non-sitting day |