Update on Inquiry Panel

The Cabinet Office has announced that the Prime Minister has appointed Ali Akbor OBE as a Panel Member of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry. Mr Akbor is currently the Chief Executive of Leeds-based housing association Unity Homes and Enterprise, and will join the Panel at the beginning of November.

You can find the exchange of letters between the Prime Minister and the Chairman of the Inquiry, which contain further information about the appointment, here.

September Newsletter

This update provides a digest of:

  • Continuation of limited attendance hearings
  • Disclosure figures
  • Core Participant numbers
  • Support arrangements during limited attendance hearings
  • Contact information
  • Drop-in sessions

Continuation of limited attendance hearing arrangements

Update from the Inquiry

This update provides a digest of:

  • Arrangements for holding limited attendance hearings
  • Following the hearings remotely
  • Support arrangements
  • Disclosure figures
  • Contact information
  • Drop-in sessions

 Arrangements for holding limited attendance hearings

The Inquiry will resume hearing oral evidence on Monday 6 July 2020 at 10:00 at 13 Bishop’s Bridge Road on a limited attendance basis.

Third anniversary statement from the Panel

Ahead of the third anniversary of the fire at Grenfell Tower on 14 June 2017, the Inquiry Panel has made the following statement:

"On the third anniversary of the fire at Grenfell Tower the members of the Inquiry Panel wish to extend their heartfelt sympathy and that of the entire Inquiry team to all those whose lives were changed irrevocably by the disaster and particularly to those who lost loved ones as a result of this tragic event.

Update from the Inquiry

This update provides a digest of:

  • Decision to resume with limited attendance hearings
  • Disclosure figures
  • Contact information
  • Drop-in sessions

 Decision to resume with limited attendance hearings

In April, the Inquiry wrote to core participants inviting their views on how best to resume hearings. The following three options were put forward for consideration:

-    Option 1: Suspend hearings until social restrictions have been lifted completely

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