Covid-19 Inquiry: Costs
The question
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what has been the total public cost to date of the Covid-19 Inquiry.
Answered by Nick Thomas-Symonds
The UK Covid-19 Inquiry publishes a quarterly financial report of its costs. The latest publication for Q3 2025/26 shows that the total cost from when the Inquiry was established on 28 June 2022 to 31 December 2025 was £204m.
Since the financial year 2023/24, the Government has published data on costs incurred by key government departments in responding to the Inquiry. These costs to 30 September 2025 total £111m and are in addition to the Inquiry’s own costs above. A further update to the data will be published in due course.
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