Head of Iraq Inquiry has confirmed the end of the so-called Maxwellisation process but refused again to set a firm date for publication of the report.

In a letter to UK parliament’s foreign affairs committee, Sir John Chilcot said he has received responses from all the people criticized in his report.

“In my statement I said that the inquiry expected to receive the last Maxwell response shortly. I am pleased to confirm that it has now done so,” Chilcot said in the letter. “There is, inevitably, further work for my colleagues and I to do to evaluate those submissions, which are detailed and substantial, in order to establish with confidence the time needed to complete the inquiry’s remaining work.”

However he refused to set a firm date for the report publication saying he would reveal a timetable soon.

Media reports say, Chilcot will now begin the process of evaluating submissions from those criticized, who are expected to include senior politicians such as Tony Blair, Whitehall officials, intelligence chiefs and army generals.

So far, he blamed the Maxwellisation process for delaying the publication of the long-awaited report.

Prime Minister David Cameron has repeatedly urged Chilcot to publish the report as soon as possible. Meanwhile, there has been a growing outrage among MPs and the families of soldiers who died in Iraq war about continuing delays to the publication of the report.

The inquiry started back in 2009. Chilcot was supposed to publish the findings of the inquiry within a year. The last of the hearings of the inquiry were held more than four years ago. 

John Rees from Stop the War Coalition calls Chilcot Report a political report saying the repeated delays in publication of the report is deeply rooted in UK politics.

In an interview with Press TV, the London-based analysts said there many political figures mentioned in the report which don’t like to see its publication.