Phase 7 Timetable

Hearings will normally take place from 10:00 to 16:30. The below schedule is indicative and may be subject to change.

Public gallery attendance

Public gallery registration for Phase 7 has now closed. 

The Hearings are streamed via the Inquiry's YouTube channel, on a three-minute delay.

Please note that many individuals who are listed below have held various posts during the period that is covered by the Inquiry.

                      Witness Timetable

Day

Witness

Evidence Week 1 

Monday 23 September

10:00am start

Gavin Ellison - YouGov

Saf Ismail – Sub-postmaster (SPM) Non-Executive Director at Post Office Ltd 

Tuesday 24 September

Saf Ismail – SPM Non-Executive Director at Post Office Ltd (continued)

Elliot Jacobs – SPM Non-Executive Director at Post Office Ltd

Wednesday 25 September

Non-sitting day

Thursday 26 September

Calum Greenhow - Chief Executive of the National Federation of SubPostmasters (NFSP)

Friday 27 September 

Amanda Burton – Non-Executive Director at Post Office Ltd

Sir Martin Donnelly – former Permanent Secretary and Principal Accounting Officer at the Department of Business and Trade (Phase 5/6 evidence)

Evidence Week 2 

Monday 30 SeptemberNon-sitting day

Tuesday 1 October 

Henry Staunton – former Chair of Post Office Ltd

Alisdair Cameron – former Chief Financial Officer of Post Office Ltd 

Wednesday 2 October 

Chris Brocklesby – Chief Transformation Officer of Post Office Ltd

Thursday 3 October 

Non-sitting day

Friday 4 October 

Rachel Scarrabelotti – Company Secretary of Post Office Ltd

Veronica Branton – former Company Secretary of Post Office Ltd

Evidence Week 3 

Monday 7 October Non-sitting day

Tuesday 8 October 

Karen McEwan – Group Chief People Officer of Post Office Ltd 

Nigel Railton – Interim Chair of Post Office Ltd

Wednesday 9 October 

Nick Read – Chief Executive of Post Office Ltd

Thursday 10 October 

Nick Read – Chief Executive of Post Office Ltd

Friday 11 October 

Nick Read – Chief Executive of Post Office Ltd

Evidence Week 4

 Monday 14  October Non-sitting day

Tuesday 15 October 

Mike Young – former Chief of Technology and Operations Services Director  (Phase 5/6 evidence)

Simon Oldnall – Horizon IT Director at Post Office Ltd

Wednesday 16 October 

Tracy Marshall - Retail Engagement Director at Post Office Ltd

Melanie Park - Central Operations Director at Post Office Ltd

Thursday 17 October 

John Bartlett – Director of Assurance and Complex Investigations at Post Office Ltd

Friday 18 October 

Ben Foat - General Counsel at Post Office Ltd

 Non-sitting period (21 October - 1 November)

 

Evidence Week 5 

 

Monday 4 November Simon Recaldin – Remediation Unit Director at Post Office Ltd 

Tuesday 5 November 

 

Sarah Munby – former Permanent Secretary at the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Wednesday 6 November 

The Rt. Hon. Kevin Hollinrake MP – former Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Department of Business and Trade; former Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

The Rt. Hon. Kemi Badenoch MP – former Secretary of State for the Department of Business and Trade

Thursday 7 November 

Lorna Gratton – Shareholder Non-Executive Director of Post Office Ltd; UK Government Investments Official

Sir Alex Chisholm KCB – former Chief Operating Officer and Permanent Secretary for the Cabinet Office

Friday 8 November 

The Rt. Hon. Gareth Thomas MP – Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Department of Business and Trade

Charles Donald – Chief Executive Officer of UK Government Investments

Evidence Week 6 

Monday 11 November 

The Rt. Hon. Jonathan Reynolds MP - Secretary of State for the Department of Business and Trade

Carl Creswell – Director of Post Office Policy and Business Engagement in the Department for Business and Trade

Tuesday 12 November 

Dame Sandra Dawson and Dr Katy Steward – Governance experts 

Wednesday 13 November 

Dame Sandra Dawson and Dr Katy Steward – Governance experts