Improve BTP Major Incident record-making
Manchester Arena Inquiry · Manchester Arena Inquiry: Volume 2: Emergency Response · Issued 3 November 2022 · Addressed to: British Transport Police
Government responseUK Government: Accepted (Nov 2025)
DeliveryCabinet Office says completed (Feb 2026)
Recommendation, verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry recommendation
British Transport Police should reflect on its approach to record-making during and immediately following a Major Incident, with a view to improving the current practice.
Manchester Arena Inquiry, Manchester Arena Inquiry: Volume 2: Emergency Response · 3 Nov 2022 Source PDF →
Published evidence summary
AI-generated evidence summary
The Inquiry recommended that British Transport Police improve its Major Incident record-making. In a dashboard update in February 2026, the Cabinet Office reported that the CLIO decision-making system was in place across the force and had been tested during Golden Orb (Cabinet Office, Feb 2026). The update described introducing the decision-making system, but record-making during and immediately following a major incident was not mentioned (Cabinet Office, Feb 2026). Earlier, the UK Government recorded in November 2025 that the recommendation was accepted in full (Cabinet Office response, Nov 2025).
AI-generated summary of the record on this page, checked by a second model and automatic checks, 5 Oct 2026.
Government response
●UK Government · Accepted · 14 Nov 2025
Accepted in full
Response document: Manchester Arena Inquiry recommendations (GOV.UK page linking to the Manchester Arena Inquiry Recommendations Dashboard)
Delivery
●Cabinet Office says completed · 27 Feb 2026
CLIO the decision making system is now in place across BTP and was tested during Golden Orb.
Earlier statements on delivery (0)
●Cabinet Office · 14 Nov 2025
CLIO the decision making system is now in place across BTP and was tested during Golden Orb.
From: Manchester Arena Inquiry Recommendations Dashboard, original version (data file)
Published evidence
●JESIP · 1 Apr 2024
JESIP Joint Doctrine updated to v3.1 (April 2024) following inquiry findings on interoperability failures. Operation Plato reformed to cover all terrorist attack types, not just firearms. Emphasis extended beyond command-level to frontline responders.
JESIP Joint Doctrine Version 3.1, April 2024View source →
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