Public Inquiry

Grenfell Tower Inquiry

Status: Completed Chair: Sir Martin Moore-Bick Established: Aug 2017 Report: Sep 2024 Commissioned by: Cabinet Office

Public inquiry into the fire at Grenfell Tower on 14 June 2017, which killed 72 people. The inquiry examined the circumstances leading up to and surrounding the fire.

Response breakdown

104 recommendations total

85%

15%

88 (85%) — Accepted

16 (15%) — Accepted in Part

Evidence & impact

AI-generated · 26 Mar 2026

The Grenfell Tower Inquiry was established following the fire on 14 June 2017 that resulted in 72 deaths. The inquiry, chaired by Sir Martin Moore-Bick, published its Phase 1 report in October 2019 focusing on the events of the night, and its Phase 2 report in September 2024 examining the causes of the fire.

The inquiry's Phase 1 recommendations led to documented changes in fire service operations. London Fire Brigade revised its policies for handling fire survival guidance calls and introduced new training on external wall fires. The National Fire Chiefs Council published guidance addressing evacuation strategies and external wall fire risks. Several fire services introduced electronic systems for recording emergency calls.

Two significant pieces of legislation followed the inquiry's work. The Fire Safety Act 2021 clarified that the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 applies to external walls and flat entrance doors. The Building Safety Act 2022 established the Building Safety Regulator and introduced new requirements for high-rise residential buildings, including the appointment of accountable persons and the maintenance of building safety information.

The inquiry's 104 recommendations span operational procedures, training requirements, regulatory reform, and building safety management. While legislative changes and operational reforms are documented in the public record, evidence of action on several specific recommendations, particularly those requiring inter-service coordination or standardised information systems, has not been identified in publicly available sources.

Reports & milestones

Reports

30 Oct 2019 46 tracked recs Grenfell Tower Inquiry: Phase 1 Report · Tracked recommendations · PDF

04 Sep 2024 58 tracked recs Grenfell Tower Inquiry: Phase 2 Report · Tracked recommendations · PDF

Timeline

14 Jun 2017 Grenfell Tower Fi… Fire at Grenfell Tower in North Kensington killed 72 people.

15 Jun 2017 Inquiry Announced Prime Minister Theresa May announced a public inquiry.

29 Jun 2017 Chair Appointed Sir Martin Moore-Bick appointed as Chair.

15 Aug 2017 Terms of Referenc… Terms of Reference published. · Source

14 Sep 2017 Procedural Hearing First procedural hearing held.

21 May 2018 Phase 1 Hearings … Phase 1 hearings commenced, examining events of the night of the fire.

30 Oct 2019 Phase 1 Report Pu… Phase 1 report published with findings on the night of the fire. · Source

27 Jan 2020 Phase 2 Hearings … Phase 2 hearings commenced, examining causes of the fire.

Recommendations

46 shown (filtered)

Code	Recommendation	Addressed to	Response
P1-1	Require external wall information for fire services The owner and manager of every high-rise residential building be required by law to provide their local fire and rescue service with …	UK Government	Accepted	View →
P1-2	Train fire personnel on external wall fire risks All fire and rescue services ensure that their personnel at all levels understand the risk of fire taking hold in the external …	National Fire Chiefs Council	Accepted	View →
P1-3	LFB to review PN633 Appendix 1 The LFB review, and revise as appropriate, Appendix 1 to PN633 to ensure that it fully reflects the principles in GRA 3.2.	London Fire Brigade	Accepted	View →
P1-4	Train LFB officers on high-rise inspections The LFB ensure that all officers of the rank of Crew Manager and above are trained in carrying out the requirements of …	London Fire Brigade	Accepted	View →
P1-5	Require building floor plans for fire services The owner and manager of every high-rise residential building be required by law to provide their local fire and rescue services with …	UK Government	Accepted	View →
P1-6	Require premises information boxes The owner and manager of every high-rise residential building be required by law to ensure that the building contains a premises information …	UK Government	Accepted	View →
P1-7	Equip fire services to receive electronic plans All fire and rescue services be equipped to receive and store electronic plans and to make them available to incident commanders and …	National Fire Chiefs Council	Accepted	View →
P1-8	Require monthly firefighter lift inspections The owner and manager of every high-rise residential building be required by law to carry out regular inspections of any lifts that …	UK Government	Accepted	View →
P1-9	Require monthly lift control mechanism tests The owner and manager of every high-rise residential building be required by law to carry out regular tests of the mechanism which …	UK Government	Accepted	View →
P1-10	LFB review control room communications policy The London Fire Brigade review its policies on communications between the control room and the incident commander.	London Fire Brigade	Accepted	View →
P1-11	Train incident commanders on control room communications All officers who may be expected to act as incident commanders (i.e. all those above the rank of Crew Manager) receive training …	London Fire Brigade	Accepted	View →
P1-12	Train control room operators on incident commander communications All control room operators of Assistant Operations Manager rank and above receive training directed to the specific requirements of communication with the …	London Fire Brigade	Accepted	View →
P1-13	Dedicated control room to incident commander link A dedicated communication link be provided between the senior officer in the control room and the incident commander.	London Fire Brigade	Accepted	View →
P1-14	Distinguish between advice and rescue callers The LFB's policies be amended to draw a clearer distinction between callers seeking advice and callers who believe they are trapped and …	London Fire Brigade	Accepted	View →
P1-15	Regular refresher training for control room operators The LFB provide regular and more effective refresher training to control room operators at all levels, including supervisors.	London Fire Brigade	Accepted	View →
P1-16	Develop policies for handling multiple FSG calls All fire and rescue services develop policies for handling a large number of Fire Survival Guidance (FSG) calls simultaneously.	National Fire Chiefs Council	Accepted	View →
P1-17	Electronic FSG recording and display systems Electronic systems be developed to record FSG information in the control room and display it simultaneously at the bridgehead and in any …	National Fire Chiefs Council	Accepted	View →
P1-18	Develop stay put to evacuation transition policies Policies be developed for managing a transition from 'stay put' to 'get out'.	National Fire Chiefs Council	Accepted	View →
P1-19	Train control room staff on evacuation advice changes Control room staff receive training directed specifically to handling such a change of advice and conveying it effectively to callers.	National Fire Chiefs Council	Accepted	View →
P1-20	Investigate inter-control room information sharing Steps be taken to investigate methods by which assisting control rooms can obtain access to the information available to the host control …	National Fire Chiefs Council	Accepted	View →
P1-21	LAS and MPS review FSG call protocols The London Ambulance Service and Metropolitan Police Service review their protocols and policies to ensure that their operators can identify FSG calls …	LAS	Accepted	View →
P1-22	LFB improve deployment control policies The LFB develop policies and training to ensure better control of deployments and the use of resources.	London Fire Brigade	Accepted	View →
P1-23	Improve crew debrief information systems The LFB develop policies and training to ensure that better information is obtained from crews returning from deployments and that the information …	London Fire Brigade	Accepted	View →
P1-24	Direct control room to incident commander communications The LFB develop a communication system to enable direct communication between the control room and the incident commander and improve the means …	London Fire Brigade	Accepted	View →
P1-25	Investigate modern control room to bridgehead communications The LFB investigate the use of modern communication techniques to provide a direct line of communication between the control room and the …	London Fire Brigade	Accepted	View →
P1-26	Equipment for BA communication in high-rise buildings The LFB urgently take steps to obtain equipment that enables firefighters wearing helmets and breathing apparatus to communicate with the bridgehead effectively, …	London Fire Brigade	Accepted	View →
P1-27	Command support system operational on all units Urgent steps be taken to ensure that the command support system is fully operative on all command units and that crews are …	London Fire Brigade	Accepted	View →
P1-28	National guidelines for high-rise evacuations The government develop national guidelines for carrying out partial or total evacuations of high-rise residential buildings, such guidelines to include the means …	UK Government	Accepted	View →
P1-29	Fire services develop evacuation policies and training Fire and rescue services develop policies for partial and total evacuation of high-rise residential buildings and training to support them.	National Fire Chiefs Council	Accepted	View →
P1-30	Require evacuation plans for high-rise buildings The owner and manager of every high-rise residential building be required by law to draw up and keep under regular review evacuation …	UK Government	Accepted in Part	View →
P1-31	Require evacuation alarm systems in high-rise buildings All high-rise residential buildings (both those already in existence and those built in the future) be equipped with facilities for use by …	UK Government	Accepted in Part	View →
P1-32	Require personal emergency evacuation plans (PEEPs) The owner and manager of every high-rise residential building be required by law to prepare personal emergency evacuation plans (PEEPs) for all …	UK Government	Accepted in Part	View →
P1-33	Require PEEP information in premises information box The owner and manager of every high-rise residential building be required by law to include up-to-date information about persons with reduced mobility …	UK Government	Accepted in Part	View →
P1-34	Equip fire services with smoke hoods All fire and rescue services be equipped with smoke hoods to assist in the evacuation of occupants through smoke-filled exit routes.	National Fire Chiefs Council	Accepted	View →
P1-35	Require clear floor number markings in high-rise buildings In all high-rise buildings floor numbers be clearly marked on each landing within the stairways and in a prominent place in all …	UK Government	Accepted	View →
P1-36	Require understandable fire safety instructions The owner and manager of every residential building containing separate dwellings (whether or not it is a high-rise building) be required by …	UK Government	Accepted	View →
P1-37	Urgent fire door inspections required The owner and manager of every residential building containing separate dwellings (whether or not they are high-rise buildings) carry out an urgent …	Building Owners	Accepted	View →
P1-38	Require quarterly fire door checks The owner and manager of every residential building containing separate dwellings (whether or not they are high-rise buildings) be required by law …	UK Government	Accepted in Part	View →
P1-39	Require compliant flat entrance doors where unsafe cladding exists All those who have responsibility in whatever capacity for the condition of the entrance doors to individual flats in high-rise residential buildings, …	UK Government	Accepted in Part	View →
P1-40	Communicate Major Incident declarations to all responders Each emergency service must communicate the declaration of a Major Incident to all other Category 1 Responders as soon as possible.	UK Government	Accepted	View →
P1-41	Establish inter-service control room communications On the declaration of a Major Incident clear lines of communication must be established as soon as possible between the control rooms …	UK Government	Accepted	View →
P1-42	Designate single point of contact in control rooms A single point of contact should be designated within each control room to facilitate such communication.	UK Government	Accepted	View →
P1-43	Use METHANE messages for Major Incidents A 'METHANE' (Major incident declared, Exact location, Type of incident, Hazards, Access, Number and type of casualties, Emergency services present and required) …	UK Government	Accepted	View →
P1-44	Investigate LFB-MPS-LAS system compatibility Steps be taken to investigate the compatibility of the LFB systems with those of the MPS and the LAS with a view …	London Fire Brigade	Accepted	View →
P1-45	NPAS helicopter datalink encryption standards Steps be taken to ensure that the airborne datalink system on every NPAS helicopter observing an incident which involves one of the …	UK Government	Accepted in Part	View →
P1-46	Improve survivor information collection and sharing The LFB, the MPS, the LAS and the London local authorities all investigate ways of improving the collection of information about survivors …	London Fire Brigade	Accepted	View →

Parliamentary activity

181 mentions since Jun 2017

11 debates 123 questions 39 statements

20 May 2026 Written Ministerial Statement Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 Report Update
Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Labour)

20 May 2026 Written Ministerial Statement Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 Report Update
Samantha Dixon (Labour)

18 May 2026 Written Question Fire and Rescue Services: Innovation and Research
Siân Berry (Green Party)

17 Dec 2025 Written Ministerial Statement Grenfell Tower Inquiry Recommendations – Progress
Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Labour)

17 Dec 2025 Written Ministerial Statement Grenfell Tower Inquiry Recommendations – Progress
Samantha Dixon (Labour)

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Costs

Total: £177,639,000

Period	Total	Inquiry legal	CP legal	Source
Jan 2025 (cum.)	£177,639,000	£30,408,000	£68,888,000	link
Jan 2025	£4,426,000	£800,000	£1,017,000	link
Mar 2024	£3,245,000	£1,444,000	—	link
Mar 2023	£20,698,000	£4,815,000	£8,318,000	link
Mar 2022	£31,939,000	£6,604,000	£11,299,000	link
Mar 2021	£77,064,000	£11,615,000	£31,152,000	link
Mar 2019	£40,267,000	£5,130,000	£18,887,000	link