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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

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Code	Recommendation	Inquiry	Response
FR-3	Cabinet-Level Minister for Children The Inquiry recommends that the UK government creates a cabinet-level ministerial position for children. The Inquiry recommends that the Welsh Government ensures …	IICSA (2022)	Accepted
3	Disapply 12-month limit for CSA police complaints The Chair and Panel recommend that the National Police Chiefs' Council ensures that complaints relating to child sexual abuse are no longer …	IICSA (2018)	Accepted
22	National chaperone policy for healthcare (England) The Chair and Panel recommend that the Department of Health and Social Care develops a national policy for the training and use …	IICSA (2018)	Accepted
23	National chaperone policy for healthcare (Wales) The Chair and Panel recommend that the Welsh Government develops a national policy for the training and use of chaperones in the …	IICSA (2018)	Accepted
75	Register of public liability insurers The Chair and Panel recommend that the Association of British Insurers considers whether a register of public liability insurers could be introduced …	IICSA (2018)	Accepted
76	Vulnerable witness protections in civil courts The Chair and Panel recommend that the Ministry of Justice provides in primary legislation that victims and survivors of child sexual abuse …	IICSA (2018)	Accepted
86	Review CSA support services expenditure (England) The Chair and Panel recommend that the Department of Health and Social Care, the Department for Education, the Ministry of Justice and …	IICSA (2018)	Accepted
87	Review CSA support services expenditure (Wales) The Chair and Panel recommend that the Welsh Government and the relevant UK government departments work together to establish current levels of …	IICSA (2018)	Accepted
95	CICA specialist caseworker training The Chair and Panel recommend that the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority ensures that claims relating to child sexual abuse are only considered …	IICSA (2018)	Accepted
96	CICA same roof rule reapplication The Chair and Panel recommend that the Ministry of Justice revises the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority rules so that all applicants who …	IICSA (2018)	Accepted
103	Ratify Lanzarote Convention The Chair and Panel recommend that the UK government ratifies the Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual …	IICSA (2018)	Accepted
15	Research high child remand population The Inquiry was told that children should only be placed in custody as a last resort. However, it was concerned to hear …	IICSA (2019)	Accepted
16	Review mixed justice/welfare placement risk The Chair and Panel recommend that the Department for Education and the Youth Custody Service conduct a full review of the practice …	IICSA (2019)	Accepted
26	Youth Custody Service safeguarding training The Chair and Panel recommend that the Youth Custody Service takes steps to ensure that its training provides staff with an appropriate …	IICSA (2019)	Accepted
28	Revise Prison Service safeguarding guidance The Chair and Panel note that Prison Service Instruction 08/2012, which sets out the mandatory actions for young offender institutions and secure …	IICSA (2019)	Accepted
29	Church of England religious communities safeguarding The Church of England should introduce appropriate guidance which deals with safeguarding within the context of a religious community affiliated to the …	IICSA (2019)	Accepted
30	Amend Canon C30 on safeguarding due regard The Church of England should amend the current canon requiring clerics to comply with the Bishop's Guidance on Safeguarding. The use of …	IICSA (2019)	Accepted
31	DBS and training compliance for Church officers Individuals engaged in regulated activity who have failed to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service check or complete compulsory training should not …	IICSA (2019)	Accepted
32	Send internal safeguarding reviews to national body If religious organisations have undertaken internal reviews or enquiries into individual safeguarding incidents, their findings should be sent to the national review …	IICSA (2019)	Accepted
70	Include clergy in position of trust definition The government should amend Section 21 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 so as to include clergy within the definition of a …	IICSA (2019)	Accepted
19	Nottingham harmful sexual behaviour evaluation Nottingham City Council and its child protection partners should commission an independent, external evaluation of their practice concerning harmful sexual behaviour, including …	IICSA (2019)	Accepted
33	Assessment of potential risks posed by foster carers and residential care staff Nottingham City Council should assess the potential risks posed by current and former foster carers directly provided by the council in relation …	IICSA (2019)	Accepted
78	Revise Victims Code for CSA victims The Ministry of Justice should revise the Victims' Code to make clear that victims and survivors of child sexual abuse must be …	IICSA (2019)	Accepted
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
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
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
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

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