Independent inspection regime for LRFs
Manchester Arena Inquiry · Manchester Arena Inquiry: Volume 2: Emergency Response · Issued 3 November 2022 · Addressed to: Home Office, Cabinet Office, Local Resilience Forums
Government responseUK Government: Accepted (Nov 2025)
DeliveryCabinet Office says in progress (Feb 2026)
Recommendation, verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry recommendation
Local resilience forums have a vital role in the preparation for the response to any Major Incident. The Cabinet Office and the Home Office should consider implementing an independent inspection regime for local resilience forums.
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Published evidence summary
AI-generated evidence summary
In February 2026, the Cabinet Office reported that work remained in progress, noting that the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government was preparing proposals for a new peer review protocol for local resilience forums (Cabinet Office, Feb 2026). The UK Government had accepted the recommendation in full in November 2025, when the department first stated that it hoped to begin testing the protocol later in 2025/26 (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.
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
MHCLG is working on proposals for a new peer review protocol for local resilience forums, which we hope to begin testing later in 2025/26.
Earlier statements on delivery (0)
●Cabinet Office · 14 Nov 2025
MHCLG is working on proposals for a new peer review protocol for local resilience forums, which we hope to begin testing later in 2025/26.
From: Manchester Arena Inquiry Recommendations Dashboard, original version (data file)
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