Completed · Chair: Sir John Chilcot · Established July 2009 · Commissioned by Cabinet Office
Inquiry into the UK's role in the Iraq War, examining decisions taken between 2001 and 2009.
The inquiry has published 14 reports, most recently The Report of the Iraq Inquiry on 6 July 2016.
The inquiry made no formal recommendations.
£13,126,900
Total reported cost to October 2016 Costs in detail76
mentions in Parliament Parliamentary activity| Period | Total | Inquiry legal | CP legal | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2016 (cum.) | £13,126,900 | Not reported | Not reported | Iraq Inquiry - Inquiry Costs · Cumulative total including estimated April–October 2016 expenditure Source and qualificationsAccounting period: 1 Apr 2009 to 31 Oct 2016. Iraq Inquiry - Inquiry Costs · Cumulative total including estimated April–October 2016 expenditure |
| Oct 2016 | £1,219,900 | Not reported | Not reported | Iraq Inquiry - Inquiry Costs · Estimated expenditure, April–October 2016 Source and qualificationsAccounting period: 1 Apr 2016 to 31 Oct 2016. Iraq Inquiry - Inquiry Costs · Estimated expenditure, April–October 2016 |
| Mar 2016 | £1,532,000 | Not reported | Not reported | Iraq Inquiry - Inquiry Costs Source and qualificationsAccounting period: 1 Apr 2015 to 31 Mar 2016. |
| Mar 2015 | £1,358,500 | Not reported | Not reported | Iraq Inquiry - Inquiry Costs Source and qualificationsAccounting period: 1 Apr 2014 to 31 Mar 2015. |
| Mar 2014 | £1,537,100 | Not reported | Not reported | Iraq Inquiry - Inquiry Costs Source and qualificationsAccounting period: 1 Apr 2013 to 31 Mar 2014. |
| Mar 2013 | £1,348,800 | Not reported | Not reported | Iraq Inquiry - Inquiry Costs Source and qualificationsAccounting period: 1 Apr 2012 to 31 Mar 2013. |
| Mar 2012 | £1,429,700 | Not reported | Not reported | Iraq Inquiry - Inquiry Costs Source and qualificationsAccounting period: 1 Apr 2011 to 31 Mar 2012. |
| Mar 2011 | £2,430,400 | Not reported | Not reported | Iraq Inquiry - Inquiry Costs Source and qualificationsAccounting period: 1 Apr 2010 to 31 Mar 2011. |
| Mar 2010 | £2,270,500 | Not reported | Not reported | Iraq Inquiry - Inquiry Costs Source and qualificationsAccounting period: 1 Apr 2009 to 31 Mar 2010. |
Iraq Inquiry - Inquiry Costs · Cumulative total including estimated April–October 2016 expenditure
Accounting period: 1 Apr 2009 to 31 Oct 2016.
Iraq Inquiry - Inquiry Costs · Cumulative total including estimated April–October 2016 expenditure
Statement: The 20th March 2023 marks the twentieth anniversary of the beginning of the conflict in Iraq. This anniversary is an opportunity to remember the service and sacrifice of all those who served in the conflict. At this time, we pay particular regard to those service …
Statement: My Noble Friend, the Minister of State for the Middle East, North Africa, South Asia and United Nations (Lord Ahmad) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement:The 20th March 2023 marks the twentieth anniversary of the beginning of the conflict in Iraq. This anniversary is …
Asked: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether representatives from (a) Guinea, (b) Chile, (c) Cameroon, (d) Angola, (e) Bulgaria and (f) Pakistan were called to give evidence to the Chilcot Inquiry.
Answered by Cabinet Office: The Iraq Inquiry was independent of government, and the selection of its witnesses was a matter for the Inquiry. The Inquiry did not seek evidence from representatives of the countries listed.
Asked: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's timetable is for the publication of a report on the implementation of the recommendations of Sir John Chilcot's Report of the Iraq Inquiry, published on 6 July 2016; and whether progress on that implementation …
Answered by Ministry of Defence: The Government responded on 19 December 2017 to a 16 March 2017 Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee report (HC656) on Lessons still to be learned from the Chilcot Inquiry . This included an annex by the National Security Advisor which summarised the lesson learning process undertaken across the National Security Community in response to the Iraq Inquiry. The Ministry …
Asked: Her Majesty's Government what lessons they have learned from the duration and cost of the Chilcot Inquiry.
Answered by Cabinet Office: A number of lessons about inquiry processes were learned from the Iraq Inquiry, and government has absorbed these so that future inquiries can benefit from the experience. Government has received the report of Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee on the Iraq Inquiry, and will be responding in due course, setting out the lessons learned.
Said: Commons Chamber
Said: Commons Chamber
Said: That this House notes the findings of the Chilcot Report on the difference between the strength of evidence available to the former Prime Minister, the Rt. hon. Tony Blair, and the use he made of that evidence in statements to the House; and calls for …