Manchester Arena Inquiry: Timeline
Key dates in the inquiry's progress, assembled from its recorded milestones and hearing phases.
Hearing-phase dates are taken from the published hearing days; some earlier milestone dates are approximate where the inquiry has not published an exact date.
Milestones & hearing phases
Milestone
Hearing phase
Reports & costs
Still to come
Manchester Arena Attack
Terrorist attack at Manchester Arena killed 22 people.
Chair Appointed
Sir John Saunders appointed as Chair.
Procedural / preliminary hearing
6 sitting days
Evidential hearings
143 sitting days
Commemorative & impact hearings
5 sitting days
Final report