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
Grenfell Tower Fire
Fire at Grenfell Tower in North Kensington killed 72 people.
Grenfell Tower Fire (Written Ministerial Statement HCWS18)
Written Ministerial Statement HCWS18: "I am announcing today the appointment of Sir Martin Moore-Bick to head the Public Inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire." The Inquiry's own key-documents page separately lists a Prime Minister's appointment letter dated 28 June 2017 (title only, not independently fetched this pass).
Evidential hearings
399 sitting days
Grenfell Tower Inquiry terms of reference published
Prime Minister's response accepting in full the Chairman's 10 August 2017 recommendation. Applies to the whole inquiry; both Phase 1 and Phase 2 operated under this single, unamended Terms of Reference (see grenfell_instruments.tsv).
Procedural / preliminary hearing
19 sitting days
Inquiry publishes details of core participants
First published core participants list: 532 individuals and organisations designated by that date (504 bereaved/survivors/residents, 28 organisations). Applies to the whole inquiry (pre-phase split).
Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 1 report: government response
Phase 1. Joint response from the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government and the Home Office, published 21 January 2020, responding to the 30 October 2019 Phase 1 report.
Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 Report: Government response
Phase 2. Command paper CP 1248, joint response from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Cabinet Office and Home Office, presented to Parliament 26 February 2025 (page last updated 2 June 2025). Government committed to reporting annually to Parliament on implementation.