Orgreave Inquiry. Read indexed debates, questions, statements and early day motions, with links to the original parliamentary records.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what has been the total public cost to date of the Orgreave inquiry.
The Inquiry went live on 26 March 2026.The published costs for the Inquiry to 31 March 2026 are £248,384.38.In future, the Inquiry will update its costs on their website periodically: https://www.orgreave.public-inquiry.uk/policies-protocols/
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what are the (a) total budget and (b) expected completion date of the Orgreave Inquiry.
On 26 March 2026, the Home Secretary announced the terms of reference and start date for the Orgreave Inquiry. The terms of reference include the aim to publish a final report within 24 months of the start date 26th March 2026. Decisions about the timetable, process and procedures will be made by the Inquiry’s independent Chair, the Right Revd Dr Bishop Pete Wilcox.
Ministers will discuss budgets with the Chair and the timetable for the Inquiry in more detail now that the terms of reference have been published, as this enables more reliable estimates of the Inquiry’s costs to be made.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Written Statement of 21 July 2025, on Events at Orgreave, HCWS855, by what mechanism the panel of independent experts will be (a) selected and (b) appointed; whether they will be paid; and what steps she is taking to ensure transparency over declarations of interest.
As set out in the previous Home Secretary’s Written Ministerial Statement of 21 July 2025, the Orgreave Inquiry will be established as a statutory inquiry under the Inquiries Act 2005, with a small panel of independent experts to be appointed in due course.
The appointment of panel members will therefore be made in accordance with provisions in the Inquiries Act 2005. Those appointments and any related remuneration matters remain to be determined.
Details of panel members and the Inquiry’s terms of reference will be provided to both Houses at the earliest opportunity.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish a list of each ongoing (a) statutory and (b) non-statutory public inquiry, including the year it was established.
The table below sets out the list of open statutory and non-statutory inquiries and the year in which they were established. This includes inquiries that have published but not yet closed. The table does not include public inquiries which have been announced but have not yet been formally established, namely inquiries into events at Orgreave, the death of Patrick Finucane and the Independent Commission on Grooming Gangs.
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Year established
Inquiry
Statutory or non-statutory
2025
Nottingham Inquiry
Statutory
2025
Independent inquiry into Manston short-term holding facility / Manston Inquiry
Non-statutory
2025
Southport Inquiry
Statutory
2023
Jalal Uddin Inquiry
Statutory
2023
Cranston Inquiry
Non-statutory
2023
Andrew Malkinson Inquiry
Non-statutory
2023
Thirlwall Inquiry
Statutory
2023
Inquiry into the preventability of the Omagh bombing
Statutory
2022
Independent inquiry relating to Afghanistan
Statutory
2022
Dawn Sturgess Inquiry
Statutory
2022
Fuller Inquiry
Non-statutory
2022
Angiolini Inquiry
Non-statutory
2022
UK Covid-19 Inquiry
Statutory
2021
Lampard Inquiry
Statutory
2020
Post Office Horizon IT inquiry
Statutory
2017
Infected Blood Inquiry
Statutory
2015
Undercover Policing Inquiry
Statutory
2004
Robert Hamill Inquiry
Statutory
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