The Inquiry held its first preliminary hearing for Module 1, on 4 October 2022, since then many preliminary and evidential public hearings have taken place. The Inquiry concluded the hearings with Module 10 on 5 March 2026.
Preliminary Hearings
Public Hearings
Total Witnesses
How hearings are structured
All Inquiries start by collecting evidence, obtaining statements from witnesses and analysing documents to establish what happened. They then often move on to asking why it happened and what can be done to prevent it from happening again. At public hearings, the Inquiry heard evidence from witnesses. These witnesses were questioned by a Module’s Counsel team.
The Inquiry Chair is responsible for hearing evidence. They are also responsible for making procedural decisions and making findings and recommendations. The Chair has promised to publish regular reports and recommendations, so that lessons are learned as soon as possible, reports and recommendations have already been published and can be found under Inquiry Module Reports & Inquiry Recommendations.
Watching hearings online
The Inquiry’s hearings have now concluded. All hearings were live streamed previously and can be found on our Hearings archive.
Thank you
We sincerely thank everyone who gave evidence as a witness or expert and those who attended the hearings. Your support has been invaluable in ensuring the Inquiry fulfils the Terms of Reference.