Timely access to material for panels
Daniel Morgan Panel · The Report of the Daniel Morgan Independent Panel · Issued 15 June 2021 · Addressed to: Home Office
Source — verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry recommendation, Volume 1
Arrangements must be made in future to ensure that any Panel has timely access to the material required to do its work. Organisations that promise to make 'exceptional and full disclosure' should be prepared to do so both within the letter and the spirit of such a promise.
Daniel Morgan Panel, The Report of the Daniel Morgan Independent Panel · 15 Jun 2021 Source PDF →
Response — verbatim from government
●Home Office
The Government's view is that in future, specific disclosure arrangements – including in respect of information security – should be agreed between inquiries and information providers at an early stage wherever possible. The Government agrees with the Panel that organisations which make commitments to disclose material to non-statutory inquiries or panels should do so in a timely manner, and that all efforts should be made to ensure that future panels and non-statutory inquiries are able to access relevant material at a convenient location, including at their own premises where security requirements allow.
Home Office · 22 Jun 2023 Written response →
Evidence trail — what's actually happened since
- 15 Jun 2023 · Home Office / Cabinet Office The government agreed that organisations promising 'exceptional and full disclosure' should do so within letter and spirit. However, in June 2023 -- two years after the Panel reported -- the Met disclosed that documents relevant to the case had been found in a locked cabinet at New Scotland Yard that should have been provided to investigators. The Met called this 'unacceptable and deeply regrettable.' This discovery undermines confidence in disclosure commitments. View source → Reasonable Progress
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