Senior emergency service representation at LRFs
Manchester Arena Inquiry · Manchester Arena Inquiry: Volume 2: Emergency Response · Issued 3 November 2022 · Addressed to: Local Resilience Forums
Government responseUK Government: Accepted (Nov 2025)
DeliveryCabinet Office says in progress (Feb 2026)
Recommendation, verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry recommendation
Each emergency service should ensure that it is represented at a senior level at every meeting of a local resilience forum.
Manchester Arena Inquiry, Manchester Arena Inquiry: Volume 2: Emergency Response · 3 Nov 2022 Source PDF →
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In February 2026, the Cabinet Office reported that the recommendation on senior emergency service representation remained in progress, stating that "Guidance has been issued by the Local Resilience Forum (LRF) Portfolio instructing them regarding this recommendation" (Cabinet Office, Feb 2026). The UK Government had accepted the recommendation in full in November 2025, at which point the department had also recorded the measure as in progress with identical wording (Cabinet Office response, Nov 2025; Cabinet Office, 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
Guidance has been issued by the Local Resilience Forum (LRF) Portfolio instructing them regarding this recommendation.
Earlier statements on delivery (0)
●Cabinet Office · 14 Nov 2025
Guidance has been issued by the Local Resilience Forum (LRF) Portfolio instructing them regarding this recommendation.
From: Manchester Arena Inquiry Recommendations Dashboard, original version (data file)
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