COVID-19 Inquiry: Evidence Library

The testimony record organised by witness: who gave evidence, when they appeared, and their statements and exhibits. For every published file, see the document library.

1573 witnesses

Module 1 public hearing

Module 1 substantive hearing

Caroline Lamb
Director for Digital Transformation and Service Engagement in DG Health & Social Care
Jeremy Farrar
Chief Scientist at the World Health Organisation

Module 10 public hearing

Julie Thomas
a member of Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice Cymru
Katherine Poole
Member of Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice UK
Rivka Gottlieb
Member of Covid 19 Bereaved Families for Justice

Module 2 public hearing

Dominic Raab
former Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

Module 3 public hearing

Catherine Todd
Member of Northern Ireland Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice
Judith Paget
former Chief Executive of Aneurin Bevan University Health Board and current Director General for Health and Social Services and the NHS Wales Chief Executive

Module 4 public hearing

Module 5 public hearing

Matthew Hancock
Secretary of State for the Department of Health and Social Care

Module 6 public hearing

Agnes Mccusker
member of NI Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice
Julie Ann Parkinson
Manager of domiciliary care agency and member of National Association of Care and Support Workers
Kevin Mitchell
Executive Director of Scrutiny and Assurance at the Care Inspectorate
Linda Dinsdale
member of Covid 19 Bereaved Families for Justice UK

Module 7 public hearing

Robin Howe
Consultant Microbiologist for Public Health Wales

Module 8 public hearing

Jean Blair
Chief Operations Officer for the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA)
Kate Anstey
Head of Education Policy at Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
Nicola Killean OBE
Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland
Sarah Hammond
Director of Children’s Services of Kent County Council
Sharon Powell
Head of Powys County Council Children’s Services
Vicky Ford
former Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Education

Module 9 public hearing

Alex Skinner
Director of Strategic Finance for Department for Work and Pensions
Robert Harrison
Director General for Analysis Covid-19 Taskforce

Statements only (no oral evidence linked)

Alex Veitch
Director of Policy and Insights at the British Chambers of Commerce
Alison Betts
Shared Director of Finance for Three Rivers District Council and Watford Borough Council
Alison Sibley
member of Covid Bereaved Families for Justice Cymru
Alistair Law
Director of Public Policy and Government Affairs
Amanda Stocks
Headteacher of Stirling Inclusion Support Service
Andrew Nelson
Chief Information Officer at Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
Andrew Simon Feldman
CEO of UK Strategy and Communications Teneo and former volunteer for the Department of Health and Social Care
Angela Constance
Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs within the Scottish Government
Angus Robertson
Scottish Government Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution
Annabel Turpie
Director of Marine Directorate and Head of the Operational Delivery Profession in Scotland
Annie Ho
Social Worker and member of British Association of Social Workers
Anthony Marsh
Chief Executive of the West Midlands Ambulance Service University NHS Foundation Trust
Arlene Foster
Baroness of Aghadrumsee and former First Minister of Northern Ireland
Bellarina Ruiz
Care Assistant and member of United Voices of the World
Bruce Adamson
Former Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland
Carla Jones-Charles
Director of Midwifery at Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust
Carol Shillabeer
Chief Executive of Powys Teaching Local Health Board
Carwyn Jones-Evans
Team Manager at the Welsh Local Government Association
Carys Evans
Principle Private Secretary to the First Minister of Wales
Cathryn Lee
Chief Executive Officer of Alzheimer’s Society
Charlotte Taylor
Director of the Department of Health and Social Care
Chris Stirling
former Programme Director and Interim Director of Medical Technology for the Department of Health and Social Care
Christopher Lee
Corporate Director of Resources for Cardiff Council
Chris Young
former Director of Finance at the Department of Health and Social Care
Claire Rowlands
Deputy Director of the Quality and Nursing Directorate for the Welsh Government
Clare Gibbs
joint interim Government Chief Commercial Officer and Director of Markets
Dame Antonia Romeo
former Permanent Secretary for Department of International Trade
Dame Donna Kinnair
former Chief Executive Officer and General Secretary
Dame Shan Morgan
former Permanent Secretary to the Welsh Government
Dan Webster
Deputy Director Cabinet Office Complex Transactions Team
David Goulding
Advisor to the NHS Wales Emergency Planning Advisory Group
David Halpern
CEO of the Cabinet Office Behavioural Insights Team
David Hare
Chief Executive of the Independent Healthcare Providers Network (IHPN)
Devi Sridhar
Professor of Global Public Health at the Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics at the University of Edinburgh Medical School
Diane Dodds MLA
former Minister for the Economy Northern Ireland
Dominic Munro
Director for Constitution in the Scottish Government and Head of the Policy Profession for the Scottish Government
Donna Bell
co-Director of Social Care and National Care Service Development Directorate within the Directorate General of Health and Social Care
Dr Audrey MacDougall
Scottish Government Chief Social Researcher and Deputy Director of the SG Central Analysis Division
Dr Ben Broadbent
former Deputy Governor of the Bank of England for Monetary Policy
Dr Carol Tannahill
former Chief Social Policy Adviser in the Scottish Government
Dr Christopher David Johnson
Consultant in Health Protection in the Health Protection vision Division Public Health Wales
Dr Eleri Davies
Deputy Medical Direct and Head of HARP at Public Health Wales
Dr. Gary Gillespie
Chief Economic Adviser for the Scottish Government
Dr Jim McMenamin
Head of Infections Service and Strategic Incident Director at Public Health Scotland
Dr Jo Farrar
Permanent Secretary and Clerk of the Crown in Chancery at the Ministry of Justice
Dr Kevin Fong
National Clinical Adviser in Emergency Preparedness Resilience and Response (EPRR)
Dr Lisa Ritchie
National Deputy Director of Infection Prevention and Control at NHS England
Dr. Magda Smith
Deputy Group Chief Medical Officer at Barts Health NHS Trust
Dr Mel Giarchi
Chief Operational Researcher and Acting Deputy Director for Whole Systems Intelligence Analysis in DG Health and Social Care
Dr Olivier Picard
Vice Chair of the Board of the National Pharmaceutical Association (NPA)
Dr Pablo Grez Hidalgo
Lecturer in Public Law at the University of Strathclyde
Dr Patrick O’Brien
Former Vice-President of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
Dr Quentin Sandifer OBE
Consultant Adviser for Pandemic and International Health at Public Health Wales
Dr Robert Kilgour (Executive Chairman
Renaissance Care (Scotland) Ltd) and Peter McCormick (Managing Director
Dr Roland Salmon
former director of the communicable diseases for Public Health Wales
Dr. Sheila Rowan
former Chief Scientific Advisor (CSA) (2016-2021)
Dr Simon Cottrell
Epidemiologist in Public Health Wales Health Protection Directorate
Dr Stuart Edwardson
Speciality Registrar in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine at NHS Lothian
Fergus Ewing
Cabinet Secretary for Rural Economy and Tourism in the Scottish Government
Fiona Hyslop
Minister for Transport in the Scottish Government
Gareth Arthur
Director and Senior Responsible Officer of Antivirals Deployment at NHS England
Geraldine McGahey
Chief Commissioner of the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland
Gill Harris
Interim Chief Executive of Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
Grace Ononiwu
Director of Legal Services at the Crown Prosecution Service
Graeme Dey
Minister for Higher and Further Education and Minister for Veterans in the Scottish Government
Graeme Miller
Leader of Sunderland City and Chair of the Northeast Combined Authority
Harry Burns
former Chief Medical Officer for Scotland (2005-2014)
Hazel Borland
Covid Inquiries Clinical Lead for NHS Ayrshire & Arran
Heather Edwards
Allied Health Professions Consultant at the Care Inspectorate
Helen Lentle
Director of Legal Services and Head of the Legal Profession for the Welsh Government
Helen Louise Hough
former care home owner and member of Covid 19 Bereaved Families for Justice Cymru
Helen Thomas
Chief Executive Officer of Digital Health and Care Wales
Helen Whatley
Shadow Secretary of State for the Department for Work and Pensions at the House of Commons
Holly Clark
Deputy Director of the Constitution and Rights Group
Huw David George
Deputy Chief Executive and Executive Director of Operations and Finance of Public Health Wales NHS Trust
Imran Shafi
former Private Secretary to the Prime Minister
Iona Colvin
Chief Social Work Adviser to the Scottish Government
Jacqui Reilly
Director of Nursing NHS National Services Scotland
James Bowler
former Second Permanent Secretary at the Cabinet Office
Jamie Hepburn
Minister for Independence within the Scottish Government
Jason Leitch
National Clinical Director of Healthcare Quality and Strategy
Jenny Gilruth
Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills within the Scottish Government
Jin Sahota
Former CEO of Supply Chain Coordination Limited
Jonathan Arrowsmith
former Associate Commercial Specialist in the Cabinet Office Complex Transactions Team
Jonathan Beebee
social care provider and member of Royal College of Nursing
Jonathan Slater
former Permanent Secretary of the Department for Education
Jon Coles
Chief Executive of United Learning Academies
Joseph FitzPatrick
Minister for Local Government Empowerment and Planning
Joseph Holmes
former Executive Director (Resources) at West Berkshire Council
Jo Whitehead
Chief Executive of Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB)
Julie Harrison
Permanent Secretary of the Department for Infrastructure
Kathleen Reen
Senior Director in Global Government Affairs at X
Katie Farrington
former Director for Universal Credit and Employment and Director General for Disability
Keith Brown
former Cabinet Secretary for Justice & Veterans
Keith Lincoln
Deputy Director of Improvement at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
Ken Macintosh
former Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament
Koulla Yiasouma
former Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People (NICCY)
Leandra Ashton
Patricia Myers and Sasha Paterson of the People’s Care Watchdog
Leonard Richards
former Chief Executive for Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Leslie Evans
former Permanent Secretary of the Scottish Government
Linda Bauld
Chief Social Policy Adviser to the Scottish Government
Linda Pollock
Interim Director of Healthcare Quality and Improvement at the Scottish Government
Liz Ditchburn
former Director General (DG) Economy of the Scottish Government
Liz Lalley
Acting Director Resilience & Community Safety
Lucy Kate Strong
care professional and member of National Association of Care and Support Workers
Lynne Nicol
Deputy Director for Healthcare Planning and Quality at the Scottish Government
Malcolm Wright
former Director General and NHS Chief Executive for Scotland in the Scottish Government
Margaret Gill
Chair of the independent Scottish Science Advisory Council (SSAC)
Mark Hackett
former Chief Executive of Swansea Bay University Health Board
Mark Tilley
Ambulance Technician at South East Coast Ambulance Service
Martin Alexander Baillie Reynolds
former Principal Private Secretary to the PM in No.10 Downing Street
Michael Coupe
former Testing Divisional Director of NHS Test and Trace (‘NHSTT’)
Michael P Clancy
Director of Law Reform of the Law Society of Scotland
Michael Van Der Watt
Chief Medical Officer of West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Mick Antoniw
General Counsel for Wales and Minister for the Constitution
Mrs Donna Keenan
Assistant Director of Nursing Services: Governance
Munira Mirza
former Director of the Prime Minister’s Policy Unit at No. 10
Naomi Long
Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) Minister of Justice in the Northern Ireland Executive
Neil Evans
COVID-19 Testing Facility Manager and Quality Lead at Cardiff University
Niamh O’Connor
former joint Deputy Director of Testing and Contract Tracing Policy Division
Nick Hopkins
former member of the Scottish Government’s Covid-19 Advisory Group SGCAG
Oliver Coppard
Mayor of South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority
Patricia Cullen
General Secretary and Chief Executive of The Royal College of Nursing
Patricia Donnelly
former Head of the Covid-19 vaccination programme
Paul Johnston (Chief Executive Officer)
Scott Heald (Director of Data and Innovation) and Nick Phin (Director of Public Health Science)
Paul Jones
Member of Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice Cymru
Paul Riley
Director for Tax Administration in the Customer Strategy and Tax Design HMRC
Paul Wheelhouse
Head of Energy Transition at South of Scotland Enterprise
Pia Larsen
Chief Procurement Officer at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
Professor Ann John
Clinical Professor Public Health and Psychiatry at Swansea University
Professor Azeem Majeed
Professor of Primary Care and Public Health at Imperial College London
Professor Aziz Sheikh
Director of the User Institute and Dean of Data at the University of Edinburgh
Professor Charlotte Deane
Executive Chair of the Engineering and Physical Research Council at UK Research and Innovation
Professor Christopher Butler
Co-Chief investigator of the Principle and Panoramic trial
Professor Clare Herrick
Professor of Geography and Global Health at King’s College London
Professor David Ford
Professor of Informatics at Swansea University and Director of Population Data Science at Swansea Medical School
Professor David Lalloo
Chair of the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) and Vice Chancellor and Professor of Tropical Medicine at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Professor Deenan Pillay
Professor of Virology at University College London (UCL) and Consultant Medical Virologist at UCLH
Professor Jason Leitch
National Clinical Director (NCD) and Co-Director of the Directorate for Healthcare Quality and Improvement
Professor John Newton
Clinical Coordinator for testing and Former Director of Health Improvement for Public Health England
Professor Jon Deeks
Professor of Biostatistics at the University of Birmingham
Professor Mary Ethna Black
former Interim Board Clinical Director for Protecting Health at PHS
Professor Matthew James Keeling OBE
Professor at University of Warwick and Director of the Zeeman Institute for Systems Biology and Infectious Disease Epidemiology Research (SBIDER)
Professor Philip John Kloer
Medical Director and Deputy Chief Executive of Hywel Dda University Health Board
Professor Ronan Lyons
Academic Health Researcher and former member of Welsh Government Covid-19 Technical Advisory Group
Professor Russell Viner
Chief Scientific Adviser for the Department of Education
Professor Saye H Khoo
Honorary Consultant Physician in Infectious Diseases and Chief Investigator of the AGILE Early-Phase Platform
Professor Shelia Rowan
Chair of Natural Philosophy at the University of Glasgow
Professor Thomas Woolley
Senior Lecturer in Mathematical Biology at Cardiff University and a member of the Welsh Government Technical Advisory Group
Rachel Ashton
Member of John’s Campaign Care Rights UK and The Patients Association
Reverend Charlotte Hudd
former nursing home nurse and member of Royal College of Nursing
Rhys Bowen
former Director of the European Union and International Directorate
Richard Foggo
co-Director of Population Health within DG Health and Social Care at the Scottish Government
Robert Jenrick
former Secretary of State at the Ministry of Housing
Rt Hon Simon Hart
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury of the United Kingdom (Chief Whip)
Sam Grant
Advocacy Director at the National Council for Civil Liberties
Sapana Agrawal
Director for Modernisation and Reform in the Cabinet Office
Sarah Ashley
Partner in the Government and Public Sector Team
Scott McPherson
Interim Director General of the Office for Civil Society
Seema Bhalla
Member of Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice
Senga Walker
Care Assistant and member of Trades Union Congress
Simon Dean
Chief Executive of the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board and Deputy Chief Executive of NHS Wales
Sir Alex Chisholm
Permanent Secretary of the Department of Business
Sir Nicolas Gibb
former Minister of State for School Standards at the Department for Education
Sir Peter Horby
Director of the Oxford University Pandemic Sciences Institute
Sir Sajid Javid
former Chancellor of the Exchequer and Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Stephen Reicher
Wardlaw Professor of Psychology at the University of St Andrews
Stephen Russell
Chief Delivery Officer and National Director for Vaccinations and Screenings of NHS England
Steve Brine
former Parliamentary Under Secretary for Public Health and Primary Care
Steve Ham
Chief Executive of Velindre University NHS Trust
Steve Moore
Chief Executive of Hywel Dda University Local Health Board
Stuart John Walters
local government officer in Carmarthenshire County Council
Suzy Powell
Director of Emergency Preparedness and Health Protection
Tracy Myhill
former Chief Executive and Accountable Officer for Swansea Bay University Health Board
Vaughan Gething MS
Former Minister for Health and Social Services for Wales