UK COVID-19 Inquiry: terms of reference

This document sets out the aims of the public inquiry into the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

UK COVID-19 Inquiry: terms of reference

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The government has published the final terms of reference for the COVID-19Public Inquiry.

Publication of the terms of reference follows a full and extensive public consultation process led by the inquiry’s independent Chair - Baroness Hallett - and engagement with the devolved administrations.

The Prime Minister has accepted Baroness Hallett’s recommendations in full, along with a small number of refinements put forward by the devolved administrations.

The terms of reference cover:

• preparedness
• the public health response
• the response in the health and care sector
• our economic response

The inquiry will play a key role in learning the lessons from the pandemic and informing the government’s preparations for the future.