NaCTSO guidance on terrorism risk assessments
Manchester Arena Inquiry · Manchester Arena Inquiry: Volume 1: Security for the Arena · Issued 17 June 2021
Government responseUK Government: Accepted (Nov 2025)
DeliveryCabinet Office says completed (Feb 2026)
Recommendation, verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry recommendation
NaCTSO should issue guidance in relation to the completion of risk assessments addressing the threat of terrorism.
Manchester Arena Inquiry, Manchester Arena Inquiry: Volume 1: Security for the Arena · 17 Jun 2021 Source PDF →
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The Cabinet Office stated in February 2026 that the recommendation was complete, reporting that the Risk Management Process had been uploaded to ProtectUK, although it noted that "the process is currently being reviewed and aligned to ISO" (Cabinet Office, Feb 2026). The UK Government had previously recorded the recommendation as accepted in full in its response dashboard 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.
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
The Risk Management Process has been completed and uploaded to ProtectUK. Whilst this recommendation can be shown as complete the process is currently being reviewed and aligned to ISO.
Earlier statements on delivery (0)
●Cabinet Office · 14 Nov 2025
The Risk Management Process has been completed and uploaded to ProtectUK. Whilst this recommendation can be shown as complete the process is currently being reviewed and aligned to ISO.
From: Manchester Arena Inquiry Recommendations Dashboard, original version (data file)
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