SIA encourage trauma care training for non-licensed staff
Manchester Arena Inquiry · Manchester Arena Inquiry: Volume 2: Emergency Response · Issued 3 November 2022 · Addressed to: Security Industry Authority
Government responseUK Government: Accepted (Nov 2025)
DeliveryCabinet Office says in progress (Feb 2026)
Recommendation, verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry recommendation
The Security Industry Authority should take steps to encourage the security industry generally to ensure that even those members of staff who do not require a licence from the Security Industry Authority develop skills in basic trauma care.
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In an update published by the Cabinet Office in February 2026, the Security Industry Authority stated that the recommendation remained in progress, noting that it had worked with first aid providers to adopt the additional training across sectors outside security (Cabinet Office, Feb 2026). It also reported in February 2026 that although its reach to unlicensed sectors was more limited, it had promoted the inquiry's recommendation through social media and newsletters (Cabinet Office, Feb 2026). Previously, the UK Government accepted the recommendation in full 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.
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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
The SIA has worked with providers of first aid, many of whom have adopted the additional training as a standard across sectors outside of the security industry. The SIA has worked to communicate the requirement and has made clear it was a recommendation of the Manchester Arena Inquiry. The SIA's reach to sectors that do not require a licence is more limited, but the SIA has made efforts via social media channels and e-newsletters which are followed by individuals that are not licence holders.
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●Cabinet Office · 14 Nov 2025
The SIA has worked with providers of first aid, many of whom have adopted the additional training as a standard across sectors outside of the security industry. The SIA has worked to communicate the requirement and has made clear it was a recommendation of the Manchester Arena Inquiry. The SIA's reach to sectors that do not require a licence is more limited, but the SIA has made efforts via social media channels and e-newsletters which are followed by individuals that are not licence holders.
From: Manchester Arena Inquiry Recommendations Dashboard, original version (data file)
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