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The Inquiry held its hearings investigating the impacts of the pandemic on education and certification (Portfolio 4) from 5–20 November 2024, and its hearings on the impact of the pandemic on business and welfare (Portfolio 2) from 2–18 December 2024.
The Inquiry has announced the dates and themes of two sets of impact hearings which will take place in the first half of 2025.
All hearings will be broadcast on the Inquiry’s YouTube channel. Past sessions can be viewed on our hearings pages.
Impact Hearing | Business and Welfare | Day 12
Published: 18/12/2024Day 12 of the Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry's business and welfare impact hearings.
Date: 18 December 2024
Time: 10am
Impact Hearing | Business and Welfare | Day 11
Published: 17/12/2024Day 11 of the Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry's business and welfare impact hearings.
Date: 17 December 2024
Time: 10am
Impact Hearing | Business and Welfare | Day 10
Published: 16/12/2024Day 10 of the Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry's business and welfare impact hearings.
Date: 16 December 2024
Time: 10am
About the Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry
The Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry was set up in February 2022 to investigate the devolved strategic response to the coronavirus pandemic in Scotland between 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2022.
The Inquiry works independently of government to establish the facts, identify lessons to be learned and make recommendations to Scottish Ministers, so we are better prepared in future.
People have suffered because of COVID-19 in Scotland and their experiences during the pandemic will be at the heart of the Inquiry's work, guiding its investigations and informing its reports.
Introductory film
The Inquiry has produced a short film as a formal and lasting recognition of the suffering caused by the pandemic to the people of Scotland.
The film was screened at the start of the Inquiry's preliminary hearing on 28 August 2023 in Edinburgh.
An audio described version of this film is also available on the Inquiry's YouTube channel.
Latest News and Research
Inquiry invites requests to attend preliminary hearing for final tranche of impact hearings
Published: 06/01/2025The Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry is now accepting requests to attend the preliminary hearing for its final tranche of impact hearings, taking place on Wednesday 22 January 2025.
Inquiry announces further impact hearings for 2025
Published: 16/12/2024The Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry has published the dates and themes of two sets of impact hearings which will take place in the first half of 2025.
Let’s Be Heard invites people to share their experiences before surveys close on 29 November
Published: 26/11/2024Let’s Be Heard, the Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry’s public participation project, will finish gathering people’s experiences of the pandemic on Friday 29 November 2024.