The Manchester Arena Inquiry is an independent public inquiry, established on 22 October 2019 by the Home Secretary. The purpose of the Manchester Arena Inquiry is to investigate the deaths of the victims of the 2017 Manchester Arena attack.
A public inquiry is set up to look at a matter of concern. More information on ‘What is a public inquiry’ can be found here.
The Inquiry hearings commenced on 7th September 2020. The purpose of this website is to provide information relating to the Inquiry.
Evidence and transcripts of each day’s hearings are available on the website here.
News updates relating to the Inquiry will be available here during the course of the Inquiry.
On 1st August 2023, Sir John Saunders, as Chairman of the Inquiry, issued a Section 14 letter closing the Inquiry. You can read this here. At this point, Sir John, as Judge-Coroner, was required to consider an inquest into the death of Salman Abedi. Sir John proceeded with a documentary inquest which has now concluded.
Please visit Manchester City Council’s website to find out more about the coronial process.
This page will be updated with information relating to hearings as the Inquiry progresses.
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:
Other relevant statements include:
The hearing will be streamed to the Inquiry YouTube channel. The stream will be operating on a 10-minute delay.