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Recommendations: IICSA
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Recommendations issued by UK statutory and non-statutory inquiries, with their tracked government response and supporting evidence.
Recommendations
| Code | Recommendation | Inquiry | Response |
|---|---|---|---|
| 79 |
Codes of practice for civil CSA claims
The Local Government Association and the Association of British Insurers should each produce codes of practice for responding to civil claims of …
|
IICSA (2019) | Accepted |
| 80 |
National register of public liability insurance
The Department for Work and Pensions should work with the Association of British Insurers to introduce a national register of public liability …
|
IICSA (2019) | Accepted |
| 81 |
Revised damages guidelines for CSA cases
The Judicial College should revise its Guidelines for the Assessment of General Damages in Personal Injury Cases to include a freestanding section …
|
IICSA (2019) | Accepted |
| 88 |
Rehabilitation code for CSA civil claims
The International Underwriting Association of London should take the lead in the production of a code for the benefit of claimants who …
|
IICSA (2019) | Accepted |
| 97 |
Clarify Compensation Act on apologies
The government should introduce legislation revising the Compensation Act 2006 to clarify that section 2 facilitates apologies or offers of treatment or …
|
IICSA (2019) | Accepted in Part |
| 98 |
Increase use of criminal compensation orders
The Ministry of Justice should consult with the Sentencing Council, the Judicial College, the Crown Prosecution Service and other relevant bodies, in …
|
IICSA (2019) | Accepted |
| 4 |
National plan for overseas CSA by UK nationals
The Home Office should coordinate the development of a national plan of action addressing child sexual abuse and exploitation overseas by UK …
|
IICSA (2020) | Accepted |
| 34 |
DBS certificates for overseas work
The Home Office should introduce legislation permitting the Disclosure and Barring Service to provide enhanced certificates to UK nationals and residents of …
|
IICSA (2020) | Not Accepted |
| 35 |
Mandatory DBS for work with children overseas
The Home Office should introduce legislation making it mandatory for: 1. all UK nationals and residents of England and Wales to provide …
|
IICSA (2020) | Not Accepted |
| 36 |
Guidance on DBS for overseas work
The Home Office should ensure explanatory guidance is issued, providing clarity to recruiting organisations and individuals concerning the use of the Disclosure …
|
IICSA (2020) | Accepted |
| 104 |
High risk countries list for travel orders
The Home Office should bring forward legislation providing for the establishment and maintenance by the National Crime Agency of a list of …
|
IICSA (2020) | Accepted |
| 37 |
Westminster whistleblowing policies for CSA
Government, political parties and other Westminster institutions must have whistleblowing policies and procedures which cover child sexual abuse and exploitation. Every employee …
|
IICSA (2020) | Accepted |
| 38 |
Government department safeguarding policy reviews
The Cabinet Office must ensure that each government department reviews its child safeguarding policy or policies in light of the expert witness …
|
IICSA (2020) | Accepted |
| 39 |
Political party safeguarding policies
All political parties registered with the Electoral Commission in England and in Wales must ensure that they have a comprehensive safeguarding policy. …
|
IICSA (2020) | Accepted |
| 99 |
Honours forfeiture for CSA convictions
The criteria for forfeiture of all honours must be formally extended to include convictions, cautions and cases decided by trial of the …
|
IICSA (2020) | Accepted |
| 100 |
Posthumous honours forfeiture policy
The Cabinet Office should re-examine the policy on posthumous forfeiture, in order to consider the perspectives of victims and survivors of child …
|
IICSA (2020) | Accepted |
| 40 |
Publish interim online harms code of practice
The government should publish, without further delay, the interim code of practice in respect of child sexual abuse and exploitation as proposed …
|
IICSA (2020) | Accepted |
| 71 |
Pre-screen material before upload
The government should require industry to pre-screen material before it is uploaded to the internet to prevent access to known indecent images …
|
IICSA (2020) | Not Accepted |
| 105 |
WeProtect international action on CSAM
The government should press the WeProtect Global Alliance to take more action internationally to ensure that those countries hosting indecent images of …
|
IICSA (2020) | Accepted |
| 106 |
Online age verification legislation
The government should introduce legislation requiring providers of online services and social media platforms to implement more stringent age verification techniques on …
|
IICSA (2020) | Accepted |
| 5 |
Reform Church of England clergy discipline for safeguarding
The Church of England should make changes and improvements to the way in which it responds to safeguarding complaints (whether related to …
|
IICSA (2020) | Accepted |
| 41 |
Create diocesan safeguarding officers
The Church of England should create the role of a diocesan safeguarding officer to replace the diocesan safeguarding adviser. Diocesan safeguarding officers …
|
IICSA (2020) | Accepted |
| 42 |
Church in Wales provincial safeguarding officers
The Church in Wales should make clear that the operational advice of provincial safeguarding officers must be followed by all members of …
|
IICSA (2020) | Accepted |
| 43 |
Church in Wales record-keeping policies
The Church in Wales should introduce record-keeping policies relating to safeguarding, complaints and whistleblowing. These should be implemented consistently across dioceses. The …
|
IICSA (2020) | Accepted |
| 44 |
Church of England/Wales information sharing protocol
The Church of England and the Church in Wales should agree and implement a formal information-sharing protocol. This should include the sharing …
|
IICSA (2020) | Accepted |
| 45 |
Local diocesan information sharing protocols
The Church of England, the Church in Wales and statutory partners should ensure that information-sharing protocols are in place at a local …
|
IICSA (2020) | Accepted |
| 46 |
Church independent external safeguarding audits
The Church in Wales should introduce independent external auditing of its safeguarding policies and procedures, as well as the effectiveness of safeguarding …
|
IICSA (2020) | Accepted |
| 89 |
Church funding policy for victim support
The Church of England and the Church in Wales should each introduce a Church-wide policy on the funding and provision of support …
|
IICSA (2020) | Accepted |
| 6 |
Redraft canonical crimes as crimes against the child
The Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales should request that the Holy See redraft the canonical crimes relating to child sexual …
|
IICSA (2020) | Accepted |
| 7 |
Catholic complaints policy with escalation process
The Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales and the Conference of Religious should publish a national policy for complaints about the …
|
IICSA (2020) | Accepted |
| 47 |
Catholic lead clergy for safeguarding
The Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales and the Conference of Religious in England and in Wales should each nominate a …
|
IICSA (2020) | Accepted |
| 48 |
Mandatory Catholic safeguarding training
The Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales should ensure that safeguarding training is mandatory for all staff and volunteers in roles …
|
IICSA (2020) | Accepted |
| 49 |
Catholic non-compliance framework
The Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales and the Conference of Religious should publish a clear framework for dealing with cases …
|
IICSA (2020) | Accepted |
| 50 |
Independent validation of Catholic audit programme
The Catholic Safeguarding Advisory Service should have the effectiveness of its audit programme regularly validated by an independent organisation which is external …
|
IICSA (2020) | Accepted |
| 51 |
Review Catholic safeguarding policies manual
The Catholic Safeguarding Advisory Service should review its policies and procedures manual and the documents within it to ensure that they are …
|
IICSA (2020) | Accepted |
| 52 |
Lambeth Council comprehensive action plan
Lambeth Council should develop and publish a comprehensive action plan which details the actions that it will take in response to the …
|
IICSA (2021) | Accepted |
| 53 |
Lambeth councillor safeguarding training
All Lambeth Council elected members should receive training on: (i) safeguarding and (ii) corporate parenting. Newly elected members should receive training on …
|
IICSA (2021) | Accepted |
| 54 |
Lambeth foster carer vetting review
Lambeth Council should review the application of recruitment and vetting procedures for all current foster carers directly provided by Lambeth Council, to …
|
IICSA (2021) | Accepted |
| 82 |
Metropolitan Police investigation into Lambeth Council
The Metropolitan Police Service should consider whether there are grounds for a criminal investigation into Lambeth Council's actions when providing information to …
|
IICSA (2021) | Accepted |
| 8 |
Expand Ofsted powers for unregistered settings
The government should introduce legislation to: change the definition of full-time education, and to bring any setting that is the pupil's primary …
|
IICSA (2021) | Accepted in Part |
| 55 |
Religious organisation child protection policies
All religious organisations should have a child protection policy and supporting procedures, which should include advice and guidance on responding to disclosures …
|
IICSA (2021) | Accepted |
| 1 |
Collect disaggregated CSE data
Police forces and local authorities in England and in Wales must collect data on all cases of known or suspected child sexual …
|
IICSA (2022) | Accepted in Part |
| 9 |
Mandatory aggravating factor for CSE offences
The government should amend the Sentencing Act 2020 to provide a mandatory aggravating factor in sentencing in the case of the commission …
|
IICSA (2022) | Accepted in Part |
| 10 |
Publish enhanced Child Exploitation Disruption Toolkit
As referenced in its Tackling Child Sexual Abuse Strategy, the government should publish an enhanced version of its Child Exploitation Disruption Toolkit …
|
IICSA (2022) | Accepted in Part |
| 11 |
Ban CSE-risk children from semi-independent placements
The Department for Education should ban the placement in semi-independent and independent settings of children aged 16 and 17 who have experienced, …
|
IICSA (2022) | Accepted in Part |
| 56 |
Update CSE guidance with network information
The Department for Education should review and publish an updated version of its guidance on child sexual exploitation. The update should specify …
|
IICSA (2022) | Accepted in Part |
| 57 |
Distinguish CSE risk from actual exploitation
The Department for Education and the Welsh Government must ensure that their updated national guidance makes clear that signs that a child …
|
IICSA (2022) | Accepted in Part |
| 58 |
Residential schools inspection and guardians registration
The Department for Education and the Welsh Government should: require all residential special schools to be inspected against the quality standards used …
|
IICSA (2022) | Accepted in Part |
| 59 |
National LADO standards
The Department for Education and the Welsh Government should: introduce a set of national standards for local authority designated officers in England …
|
IICSA (2022) | Accepted in Part |
| 60 |
Independent school governance standards
The Department for Education and the Welsh Government should: amend the Independent School Standards to include the requirements that there is an …
|
IICSA (2022) | Accepted in Part |