Fingerprint 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
18 Mar 2008
Inquiry Announced
1 Jun 2009
Inquiry Established
10 Jun 2009 to 23 Nov 2009
Evidential hearings
24 sitting days
14 Dec 2011
Final Report Published
14 Dec 2011
Final report