Ongoing
· Chair: Sir Adrian Fulford
· Established April 2025
· Commissioned by Home Office
Inquiry into the 29 July 2024 Southport knife attack by Axel Rudakubana at a children's Taylor Swift dance class, which killed three girls: Bebe King, Elsie Dot Stancombe and Alice da Silva Aguiar, and injured ten others.
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Inquiry into the 29 July 2024 Southport knife attack by Axel Rudakubana at a children's Taylor Swift dance class, which killed three girls: Bebe King, Elsie Dot Stancombe and Alice da Silva Aguiar, and injured ten others. Phase 1 report published 13 April 2026, making 67 recommendations across policing, social care, education, healthcare, Prevent, weapons/online harms. Phase 2 will examine children drawn into extreme violence.
No statement from Department for Education found in the sources searched 10
No statement from Southport Inquiry Phase 2 found in the sources searched 10
No statement from Lancashire Constabulary found in the sources searched 7
No statement from Lancashire County Council found in the sources searched 7
No statement from Home Office found in the sources searched 6
Lancashire County Council says in progress 5
No statement from Counter Terrorism Policing found in the sources searched 4
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No statement from All police forces found in the sources searched 2
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Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust says in progress 1
No statement from Amazon found in the sources searched 1
No statement from Department for Science, Innovation and Technology found in the sources searched 1
No statement from Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust found in the sources searched 1
Home Office says in progress 1
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No statement from North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust found in the sources searched 1
No statement from Youth Justice Board for England and Wales found in the sources searched 1
Blanket response: The government's response to Phase 1 (CP 1623, 2 July 2026) agreed with all 67 recommendations in one sentence, and names only 39 of them individually. Where a recommendation is not named, the response shown is the passage the response gives for the group it belongs to (the recommendations for organisations outside central government, or the recommendations to policing bodies), which is not a response to that recommendation alone; the response does not list the members of any group. The 10 recommendations for Phase 2 of the Inquiry to consider show no response: the response introduces them (paragraph 20) but answers none of them. The government accepts the recommendations that are for central government to deliver. Where a recommendation is for an organisation outside central government, the government's agreement is not that organisation's acceptance.
Record checked against the sources 2 July 2026. Latest activity 15 September 2026.
Accepted in part · No statement from Department for Transport found
Recommended
The Department for Transport should ensure that local authorities establish effective arrangements between licensed taxi companies and schools. These should enable school safeguarding teams to access taxi booking information where relevant to a legitimate safeguarding or risk concern relating to a child who should be at school.
Since then (summary written by this site)
In July 2026, HM Government stated that the Department for Transport partially accepted the recommendation and expected to complete significant elements by mid-2027 (Home Office response, Jul 2026). It stated that the department would work with other bodies to develop guidance on sharing booking data by mid-2027 and bring forward a draft bill for pre-legislative scrutiny, though full delivery remains subject to future primary legislation when parliamentary time allows (Home Office response, Jul 2026). The record holds no update since the government's response of July 2026 (Home Office response, Jul 2026).
Addressed to Department for Transport · Full record
Written Ministerial StatementHouse of CommonsDan Jarvis · Labour
Statement: The Government remains committed to protecting the public from the threats posed by dangerous substances that could be misused to cause serious harm. As part of this responsibility, the Government keeps the framework that governs explosives precursors and poisons under regular review to ensure that …
Written Ministerial StatementHouse of LordsLord Hanson of Flint · Labour
Statement: My right hon. Friend the Minister of State for Security (Dan Jarvis) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:The Government remains committed to protecting the public from the threats posed by dangerous substances that could be misused to cause serious harm. As part of …
Written Ministerial StatementHouse of CommonsShabana Mahmood · Labour
Statement: On 13 April 2026, the Chair of the Southport Inquiry, Sir Adrian Fulford published his Phase 1 report. Sir Adrian sets out five fundamental failings, and makes 67 recommendations for central government, and a range of national and local partners to consider. He concludes that …
Written Ministerial StatementHouse of LordsLord Hanson of Flint · Labour
Statement: My rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Shabana Mahmood) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:On 13 April 2026, the Chair of the Southport Inquiry, Sir Adrian Fulford published his Phase 1 report. Sir Adrian sets out five fundamental …
Written QuestionHouse of LordsLord Kamall · Conservative
Asked: To ask His Majesty's Government whether the internal investigation by Liverpool Women’s University Hospital into inappropriate access to the medical records of victims in Southport examined (1) breaches using hospital systems to access the patients' GP records, (2) access to Summary Care Records, or (3) …
Answered by Department of Health and Social Care: The unauthorised access of patients’ confidential information following the tragic events in Southport and Nottingham was unacceptable. It is essential that patients’ confidential information is only accessed appropriately, lawfully, and in line with their reasonable expectations. As the investigation carried out by the Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was internal, the Department does not have the detailed information requested. …
Written QuestionHouse of LordsLord Kamall · Conservative
Asked: To ask His Majesty's Government whether the internal investigation by Liverpool Women’s University Hospital into inappropriate access to the medical records of victims in Southport considered the patient or the hospital itself to have been a victim of the unlawful misuse of data; and whether …
Answered by Department of Health and Social Care: The unauthorised access of patients’ confidential information following the tragic events in Southport and Nottingham was unacceptable. It is essential that patients’ confidential information is only accessed appropriately, lawfully, and in line with their reasonable expectations. As the investigation carried out by the Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was internal, the Department does not have the detailed information requested. …
Written QuestionHouse of LordsLord Kamall · Conservative
Asked: To ask His Majesty's Government whether the internal investigation by Liverpool Women’s University Hospital into inappropriate access to the medical records of victims in Southport included an assessment of whether the records of victims who had died in hospital had been accessed.
Answered by Department of Health and Social Care: The unauthorised access of patients’ confidential information following the tragic events in Southport and Nottingham was unacceptable. It is essential that patients’ confidential information is only accessed appropriately, lawfully, and in line with their reasonable expectations. As the investigation carried out by the Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was internal, the Department does not have the detailed information requested. …
Written QuestionHouse of LordsLord Kamall · Conservative
Asked: To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether there was any inappropriate access to records of people receiving NHS care as a result of events currently subject to a public inquiry other than the internal investigation by Liverpool Women’s University Hospital …
Answered by Department of Health and Social Care: The unauthorised access of patients’ confidential information following the tragic events in Southport and Nottingham was unacceptable. It is essential that patients’ confidential information is only accessed appropriately, lawfully, and in line with their reasonable expectations. As the investigation carried out by the Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was internal, the Department does not have the detailed information requested. …