LRF staffing and resources
Manchester Arena Inquiry · Manchester Arena Inquiry: Volume 2: Emergency Response · Issued 3 November 2022 · Addressed to: Home Office, Local Resilience Forums
Government responseUK Government: Accepted (Nov 2025)
DeliveryCabinet Office says in progress (Feb 2026)
Recommendation, verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry recommendation
The Home Office should consider, together with local resilience forums, how they are to have sufficient staff and resources to enable them to function effectively.
Manchester Arena Inquiry, Manchester Arena Inquiry: Volume 2: Emergency Response · 3 Nov 2022 Source PDF →
Published evidence summary
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The Cabinet Office reported in February 2026 that work on the recommendation remained in progress, explaining that the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government had selected five local resilience forums in England to join a trailblazer programme testing models of accountability, leadership and assurance (Cabinet Office, Feb 2026). The UK Government had accepted the recommendation in full in November 2025, when the department first recorded that same progress position (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 has selected a group of five local resilience forums in England to join the Stronger LRF trailblazer programme, which will launch in spring 2025. These are Cumbria LRF, Greater Manchester LRF, London LRF, Northumbria LRF and Suffolk LRF. This programme is a key mechanism for testing out different models of strengthening LRF accountability, leadership and assurance.
Earlier statements on delivery (0)
●Cabinet Office · 14 Nov 2025
MHCLG has selected a group of five local resilience forums in England to join the Stronger LRF trailblazer programme, which will launch in spring 2025. These are Cumbria LRF, Greater Manchester LRF, London LRF, Northumbria LRF and Suffolk LRF. This programme is a key mechanism for testing out different models of strengthening LRF accountability, leadership and assurance.
From: Manchester Arena Inquiry Recommendations Dashboard, original version (data file)
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