Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 96294

ICL Inquiry

Tabled: 2 December 2025
Answered: 10 December 2025

Question

Simon Hoare

ConservativeNorth Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the official closing date under section 14 of the Inquiries Act 2005 was for the public inquiry entitled ICL Inquiry.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
The independent public inquiry entitled ICL Inquiry, officially closed when its final report was presented to the House of Commons and the Scottish Parliament under Section 26 of the Inquiries Act 2005 in July 2009.