Week 1
2 October 2023
Please note timings are provisional and subject to change.
| Date | Monday 2 October | Tuesday 3 October | Wednesday 4 October | Thursday 5 October | Friday 6 October |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start time | 10:30 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | |
| Morning | Non-sitting day | Opening Statements Counsel to the Inquiry Core Participants |
Opening Statements Core Participants |
Catriona Myles (Northern Ireland Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice) Professor James Nazroo (Expert) Professor Philip Banfield (British Medical Association) |
Professor David Taylor-Robinson (Expert) Anne Longfield CBE (former Children’s Commissioner) Kate Bell (Trades Union Congress) |
| Afternoon | Non-sitting day | Opening Statements Core Participants |
Joanna Goodman (Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice) Dr Alan Wightman (Scottish Covid Bereaved) Anna-Louise Marsh-Rees (Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice Cymru) |
Professor James Nazroo (Expert) Caroline Abrahams (Age UK) |
Ade Adeyemi MBE (Federation of Ethnic Minority Healthcare Organisations) Dr Clare Wenham (Expert) Rebecca Goshawk (Solace Women’s Aid) |
Week 2
9 October 2023
Please note timings are provisional and subject to change.
| Date | Monday 9 October | Tuesday 10 October | Wednesday 11 October | Thursday 12 October | Friday 13 October |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start time | 10:30 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am |
| Morning | Professor Thomas Shakespeare and Professor Nicholas Watson (Experts on disabilities) Kamran Mallick (Disability Rights UK) Professor Laia Bécares (Expert on LGBTQ+ inequalities) |
Lord Gus O’Donnell Professor Sir Ian Diamond |
Professor Kamlesh Khunti Professor Tom Hale (Expert on stringency of NPIs/international comparisons of NPIs) |
Dr Stuart Wainwright Professor Graham Medley |
Alex Thomas (Expert on political and administrative decision-making and constitutional structures) Professor Chris Brightling and Dr Rachael Evans (Experts on Long Covid) |
| Afternoon | Professor Ailsa Henderson (Expert on devolution) | Gavin Freeguard (Expert on data sharing) | Sir Mark Walport | Professor Matt Keeling | Ondine Sherwood (Long Covid SOS) |
Week 3
16 October 2023
Please note timings are provisional and subject to change.
| Date | Monday 16 October | Tuesday 17 October | Wednesday 18 October | Thursday 19 October | Friday 20 October |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start time | 10:30 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | |
| Morning | Professor Mark Woolhouse (Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology) Professor Anthony Costello (Professor of Global Health and Inclusion Health Research) |
Professor Steven Riley (Professor of Infectious Disease Dynamics) | Professor James Rubin (Professor of Psychology and Emerging Health Risks) Professor Lucy Yardley (Professor of Health Psychology) |
Professor Catherine Noakes (Professor of Environmental Engineering for Buildings) Professor John Edmunds (Professor of Infectious Disease Modelling) |
Non-sitting day |
| Afternoon | Oral submissions in relation to evidence publication Professor Andrew Hayward (Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology) |
Professor Neil Ferguson (Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology) | Professor Sir Peter Horby (Director of the Pandemic Sciences Institute) | Professor Carl Heneghan (Director of the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine) | Non-sitting day |
Week 4
30 October 2023
Please note timings are provisional and subject to change.
| Date | Monday 30 October | Tuesday 31 October | Wednesday 1 November | Thursday 2 November | Friday 3 November |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start time | 10:30 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | |
| Morning | Martin Reynolds (Former Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister) Imran Shafi (Former Private Secretary to the Prime Minister for public services) |
Lee Cain (Former Director of Communications at No. 10) Dominic Cummings (Former Adviser to the Prime Minister) |
Helen MacNamara (Former Deputy Cabinet Secretary) | Baron Stevens of Birmingham (Former Chief Executive Officer of NHS England) Sir Christopher Wormald (Permanent Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Care) |
Non-sitting day |
| Afternoon | Imran Shafi (Former Private Secretary to the Prime Minister for public services) |
Dominic Cummings (Former Adviser to the Prime Minister) Continued | Doctor David Halpern (President and former Chief Executive Officer of the Behavioural Insights Team) | Doctor Yvonne Doyle (Former Medical Director and Director for Health Protection, Public Health England) |
Non-sitting day |
Week 5
6 November 2023
Please note timings are provisional and subject to change.
| Date | Monday 6 November | Tuesday 7 November | Wednesday 8 November | Thursday 9 November | Friday 10 November |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start time | 10:30 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | |
| Morning | Clare Lombardelli (Former Chief Economic Adviser, HM Treasury) Stuart Glassborow (Former Deputy Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister) |
Simon Ridley (Former Head of Cabinet Office Covid-19 Taskforce) |
Lord Mark Sedwill (Former Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service) | Martin Hewitt QPM (Former Chair of the National Police Chiefs’ Council) Dame Priti Patel MP (Former Secretary of State for the Home Department) |
Non-sitting day |
| Afternoon | Dr Ben Warner (Former Special Adviser at No. 10) | Lord Edward Udny-Lister (Former Chief of Staff at No. 10) | Justin Tomlinson MP (Former Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work) | Jun Pang (Policy and Campaigns Officer, Liberty) | Non-sitting day |
Week 6
20 November 2023
Please note timings are provisional and subject to change.
| Date | Monday 20 November | Tuesday 21 November | Wednesday 22 November | Thursday 23 November | Friday 24 November |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start time | 10:30 am | 10:00 am | 09:30 am | 09:30 am | |
| Morning | Sir Patrick Vallance (Former Government Chief Scientific Adviser) |
Professor Sir Christopher Whitty (Chief Medical Officer for England) | Professor Sir Christopher Whitty (Chief Medical Officer for England) continued Professor Sir Jonathan Van-Tam (Former Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England) |
Professor Dame Angela McLean (Government Chief Scientific Adviser) |
Non-sitting day |
| Afternoon | Sir Patrick Vallance (Former Government Chief Scientific Adviser) continued |
Professor Sir Christopher Whitty (Chief Medical Officer for England) continued | Professor Sir Jonathan Van-Tam (Former Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England) continued |
Kemi Badenoch MP (Former Minister of State (Minister for Equalities)) | Non-sitting day |
Week 7
27 November 2023
Please note timings are provisional and subject to change.
| Date | Monday 27 November | Tuesday 28 November | Wednesday 29 November | Thursday 30 November | Friday 1 December |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start time | 10:30 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am |
| Morning | Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London) Andy Burnham (Mayor of Greater Manchester) |
Michael Gove MP (Former Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster) | Professor Dame Jenny Harries (Former Deputy Chief Medical Officer; Chief Executive of UKHSA) continued Sajid Javid MP (Former Secretary of State for Health and Social Care) |
Matt Hancock MP (Former Secretary of State for Health and Social Care) | Matt Hancock MP (Former Secretary of State for Health and Social Care) continued |
| Afternoon | Steve Rotheram (Mayor of the Liverpool City Region) | Michael Gove MP (Former Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster) continued Professor Dame Jenny Harries (Former Deputy Chief Medical Officer; Chief Executive of UKHSA) |
Dominic Raab MP (Former Deputy Prime Minister; Former Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs) | Matt Hancock MP (Former Secretary of State for Health and Social Care) continued | Non-sitting (PM) |
Week 8
4 December 2023
Please note timings are provisional and subject to change.
| Date | Monday 4 December | Tuesday 5 December | Wednesday 6 December | Thursday 7 December | Friday 8 December |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start time | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | |||
| Morning | Non-sitting day | Non-sitting day | Boris Johnson (Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom) |
Boris Johnson (Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom) continued | Non-sitting day |
| Afternoon | Non-sitting day | Non-sitting day | Boris Johnson (Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom) continued | Boris Johnson (Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom) continued | Non-sitting day |
Week 9
11 December 2023
Please note timings are provisional and subject to change.
| Date | Monday 11 December | Tuesday 12 December | Wednesday 13 December | Thursday 14 December | Friday 15 December |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start time | 10:30am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | ||
| Morning | Rishi Sunak MP (Former Chancellor of the Exchequer) | Non-sitting day | Closing Statements Core Participants |
Closing Statements Core Participants |
Non-sitting day |
| Afternoon | Rishi Sunak MP (Former Chancellor of the Exchequer) continued | Non-sitting day | Closing Statements Core Participants |
Non-sitting (PM) | Non-sitting day |
Additional
20 May 2024
Please note timings are provisional and subject to change.
| Date | Monday 20 May | Tuesday 21 May | Wednesday 22 May | Thursday 23 May | Friday 24 May |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start time | 10:00 am | ||||
| Morning | Non-sitting day | Non-sitting day | Non-sitting day | Dr Simon Case (Cabinet Secretary) | Non-sitting day |
| Afternoon | Non-sitting day | Non-sitting day | Non-sitting day | Dr Simon Case (Cabinet Secretary) continued | Non-sitting day |