PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Public Inquiries: Coronavirus (22 July 2020)

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what advice his Department provides to other Departments on the threshold required to be met before a public inquiry can be convened; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by:
Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat)

Section 1 of the Inquiries Act 2005 sets out the extent of ministers’ powers to establish an inquiry under that Act. Inquiries may also be established on a non-statutory basis, for which no legislative threshold applies.

Answered by:
Penny Mordaunt (Conservative)
27 July 2020