Provide recording equipment to control room personnel
Manchester Arena Inquiry · Manchester Arena Inquiry: Volume 2: Emergency Response · Issued 3 November 2022
Government responseUK Government: Accepted (Nov 2025)
DeliveryCabinet Office says in progress (Feb 2026)
Recommendation, verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry recommendation
Consideration should also be given by those organisations to the provision of such equipment to key personnel within control rooms.
Manchester Arena Inquiry, Manchester Arena Inquiry: Volume 2: Emergency Response · 3 Nov 2022 Source PDF →
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In a February 2026 update on its recommendations dashboard, the Cabinet Office reported that implementation remained in progress, stating that it was "awaiting further data from services regarding their provision as per recommendation 85" (Cabinet Office, Feb 2026). It stated that once this data had been received, it would publish the compliance rate (Cabinet Office, Feb 2026). The UK Government had previously accepted the recommendation in full in November 2025 (Cabinet Office response, Nov 2025).
AI-generated summary of the record on this page, checked by a second model and automatic checks, 26 Sep 2026.
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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 in progress · 27 Feb 2026
We are currently awaiting further data from services regarding their provision as per recommendation 85. Once this has been received we will publish the compliance rate.
Earlier statements on delivery (0)
●Cabinet Office · 14 Nov 2025
We are currently awaiting further data from services regarding their provision as per recommendation 85. Once this has been received we will publish the compliance rate.
From: Manchester Arena Inquiry Recommendations Dashboard, original version (data file)
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