On 7 June 2023, the Inquiry will hear evidence on behalf of a number of organisations regarding the monitored recommendations from the Volume 2 and Volume 3 reports. The Inquiry will hear from:

• Emma Reed, Director for the Emergency Preparedness and Health Protection Directorate at the Department for Health and Social Care
• Keith Prior, Director of the National Ambulance Resilience Unit
• Shaun Hipgrave, Director of Protect and Prepare
• Paul Mott, Head of His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service Joint Extremism Unit
• Sachin Shah, Deputy Director of the Counter-Extremism division within the Department for Education

Other relevant statements include:

• Dr Shirley Hopper, Deputy Director of Innovative Medicines of the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency
• Jo Gillespie, Deputy Director of Corporate, Policy, Strategy and Resilience Division in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Dr Pamela Hardy, Chair of the Faculty of Pre-Hospital Care
• Tracy Nicholls, Chief Executive of the College of Paramedics

The hearing will be streamed to the Inquiry YouTube channel. The stream will be operating on a 10-minute delay.

On 6 June 2023, the Inquiry will hear evidence on behalf of a number of organisations regarding the monitored recommendations from the Volume 2 report. The Inquiry will hear from:

• Chief Fire Officer David Russel of Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service
• Assistant Chief Constable Vicki Evans, National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) Inquiry Portfolio Lead
• Assistant Chief Constable Iain Raphael, Director of Operational Standards for the College of Policing
• Richard Thomas, Head of Specialist and Counter Terrorism Armed Policing for Counter Terrorism Policing Headquarters
• Stephen Groves, Director of NHS Resilience (National) for NHS England
• Joyce Frederick, Director of Policy and Strategy at the Care and Quality Commission

Other relevant statements include:

• Chief Constable Pippa Mills, NPCC Chair of the National Police Dog Working Group
• Assistant Chief Constable Peter Lawson, NPCC National Lead of Health, Safety and Welfare
• Matthew Parr, His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services Inspector
• Chief Fire Officer Chris Lowther, National Fire Chiefs’ Council National Operational Guidance Lead

The hearing will be streamed to the Inquiry YouTube channel. The stream will be operating on a 10-minute delay.

On 5 June 2023, the Inquiry will hear evidence on behalf of a number of organisations regarding the monitored recommendations from the Volume 2 report. The Inquiry will hear from:

• Gary Simpson, Director of Security, Safety and Risk for SMG Europe
• Assistant Chief Constable Sean O’Callaghan, British Transport Police Specialist Capabilities lead.
• Deputy Chief Constable Terence Woods, Gold Commander for Greater Manchester Police response to the Inquiry
• Gerard Blezard, North West Ambulance Service Director of Operations
• Sarah-Jane Wilson, Head of North West Fire Control

Other relevant statements include:

• Superintendent David Pester, lead for the GMP Arena Recommendations Review team.

The hearing will be streamed to the Inquiry YouTube channel. The stream will be operating on a 10-minute delay.

On 2 March at 14:00 the Chairman made a statement to mark the publication of Volume Three of his report into the death of the 22 victims of the attack on 22nd May 2017.

The Chairman’s statement was streamed to the Inquiry YouTube channel.

On 3 November at 14:00 the Chairman made a statement to mark the publication of Volume Two of his report into the death of the 22 victims of the attack on 22nd May 2017.

The Chairman’s statement was streamed to the Inquiry YouTube channel.

The Inquiry is hearing Chapter 14 evidence covering preventability.

On 15 February the Inquiry will hear evidence from Prison Officer 1 who works at the prison where Abdalraouf Abdallah is being held. This evidence will be heard in restricted session. The Inquiry will also read a gist of the Chapter 14 CLOSED evidence and Oral submissions on the recalling of Witness J and Temporary ACC Dominic Scally.

The hearing will be streamed to the Inquiry YouTube channel. The stream will be operating on a 10-minute delay.

The Inquiry is hearing Chapter 10 and 12 evidence covering care gap evidence and recommendations.

On 18 January, the Inquiry will hear evidence on the care gap from Pre-Hospital Doctors Lt Col Claire Park and Dr Gareth Davies, ACC Iain Raphael (Director for Operational Standards for the College of Policing), Temporary Assistant Chief Constable Wasim Chaudhry (GMP) and Mr Philip Cowburn MBE (National Ambulance Resilience Unit).

The hearing will be streamed to the Inquiry YouTube channel. The stream will be operating on a 10-minute delay.