LRF oversight of lessons from exercises and incidents
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 completed (Feb 2026)
Recommendation, verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry recommendation
Local resilience forums should establish procedures to ensure that they oversee the process of identifying the lessons to be learned from major exercises, or serious incidents, in their areas, and that they are responsible for overseeing the debriefing of those events.
Manchester Arena Inquiry, Manchester Arena Inquiry: Volume 2: Emergency Response · 3 Nov 2022 Source PDF →
Published evidence summary
AI-generated evidence summary
In February 2026, the Cabinet Office reported that the recommendation was completed, noting that all 38 English Local Resilience Forums had confirmed in December 2023 that they have systems in place to identify lessons from multi-agency exercises and ensure changes are implemented (Cabinet Office, Feb 2026). It recommended closing the recommendation to business as usual, with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government continuing oversight through routine processes, forum meeting attendance, and future assurance work (Cabinet Office, Feb 2026).
Sources
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 completed · 27 Feb 2026
Recommend to close and move to BAU - In December 2023 all 38 English LRFs report they have systems in place to identify and record the lessons learnt from all multi-agency exercises, and ensure change is implemented as a result where indicated. MHCLG will continue to monitor this through BAU processes, attendance at LRF meetings and future assurance work.
Earlier statements on delivery (0)
●Cabinet Office · 14 Nov 2025
Recommend to close and move to BAU - In December 2023 all 38 English LRFs report they have systems in place to identify and record the lessons learnt from all multi-agency exercises, and ensure change is implemented as a result where indicated. MHCLG will continue to monitor this through BAU processes, attendance at LRF meetings and future assurance work.
From: Manchester Arena Inquiry Recommendations Dashboard, original version (data file)
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