IICSA: 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
Terms of Reference Set
Broad terms examining institutional failures to protect children.
Evidential hearings
311 sitting days
Procedural / preliminary hearing
5 sitting days
Chair Appointed
Professor Alexis Jay appointed as fourth and final Chair.
First Reports Published
Investigation reports into various institutions began publication.
Final report