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Recommendations issued by UK statutory and non-statutory inquiries, with their tracked government response and supporting evidence.

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35 inquiries with tracked recs

Inquiry	Recs	Accepted
Mid Staffs Inquiry	290	281
Manchester Arena Inquiry	169	169
IICSA	107	96
Muckamore Abbey Inquiry	106	—
Grenfell Tower Inquiry	104	104
Infected Blood Inquiry	103	102
Hyponatraemia Inquiry	96	96
Fuller Inquiry	92	71
Leveson Inquiry	92	77
Vale of Leven Inquiry	75	75
Baha Mousa Inquiry	73	72
Southport Inquiry	67	—
RHI Inquiry	45	44
COVID-19 Inquiry	44	24
Morecambe Bay Investigation	44	44
Brook House Inquiry	33	28
Bichard Inquiry	31	31
Angiolini Inquiry	30	29
Post Office Horizon Inquiry	27	25
Jermaine Baker Inquiry	26	22
Edinburgh Tram Inquiry	24	21
Daniel Morgan Panel	23	21
Cranston Inquiry	18	—
Paterson Inquiry	17	15
HIA Inquiry	12	12
Scottish Hospitals Inquiry	11	11
Anthony Grainger Inquiry	9	9
Al-Sweady Inquiry	9	9
Hillsborough Panel	9	5
Fingerprint Inquiry	9	9
ICL Inquiry	7	6
Litvinenko Inquiry	5	5
Azelle Rodney Inquiry	3	3
Billy Wright Inquiry	3	3
Penrose Inquiry	1	1

Recommendations

1,417 of 1,814 · page 10 of 29

Code	Recommendation	Inquiry	Response
FR-7	Registration of Care Home Staff The Inquiry recommends (as originally stated in its Interim Report, dated April 2018) that the UK government introduces arrangements for the registration …	IICSA (2022)	Accepted in Part
FR-8	Registration in Young Offender Institutions The Inquiry recommends (as originally stated in its Sexual Abuse of Children in Custodial Institutions: 2009-2017 Investigation Report, dated February 2019) that …	IICSA (2022)	Accepted in Part
FR-9	Greater Use of DBS The Inquiry recommends that the UK government enables any person engaging an individual to work or volunteer with children on a frequent …	IICSA (2022)	Accepted in Part
FR-10	Improve DBS Referral Compliance The Inquiry recommends that the UK government takes steps to improve compliance by regulated activity providers with their statutory duty to refer …	IICSA (2022)	Accepted in Part
FR-11	Extend Disclosure Regime Overseas The Inquiry recommends (as originally stated in its Children Outside the United Kingdom Phase 2 Investigation Report, dated January 2020) that the …	IICSA (2022)	Accepted in Part
FR-12	Pre-screening by Internet Providers The Inquiry recommends that the UK government makes it mandatory for all regulated providers of search services and user-to-user services to pre-screen …	IICSA (2022)	Accepted in Part
FR-13	Mandatory Reporting The Inquiry recommends that the UK government and Welsh Government introduce legislation which places certain individuals - 'mandated reporters' - under a …	IICSA (2022)	Accepted in Part
FR-14	Victim Code Compliance The Inquiry recommends (as originally stated in its Interim Report, dated April 2018) that the UK government commissions a joint inspection of …	IICSA (2022)	Accepted in Part
FR-15	Remove Limitation Period The Inquiry recommends that the UK government makes the necessary changes to legislation in order to ensure: the removal of the three-year …	IICSA (2022)	Accepted in Part
FR-16	Specialist Therapeutic Support The Inquiry recommends that the UK government and the Welsh Government introduce a national guarantee that child victims of sexual abuse will …	IICSA (2022)	Accepted in Part
FR-17	Code of Practice on Records Access The Inquiry recommends that the UK government directs the Information Commissioner's Office to introduce a code of practice on retention of and …	IICSA (2022)	Accepted in Part
FR-18	Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme Changes The Inquiry recommends that the UK government changes the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme to: include other forms of child sexual abuse, including …	IICSA (2022)	Accepted in Part
FR-19	Tiered Redress Scheme The Inquiry recommends that the UK government establishes a single redress scheme in England and Wales, taking into account devolved responsibilities. The …	IICSA (2022)	Accepted in Part
FR-20	Age Verification Online The Inquiry recommends (as originally stated in its The Internet Investigation Report, dated March 2020) that the UK government introduces legislation requiring …	IICSA (2022)	Accepted in Part
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
24	Registration of children's home care staff The Chair and Panel recommend that the Department for Education introduces arrangements for the registration of staff working in care roles in …	IICSA (2018)	Not Accepted
25	Amendment of Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 The Chair and Panel recommend that the Home Office ensures that the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 is amended so that, where …	IICSA (2018)	Not Accepted
74	Joint inspection of Victims Code compliance The Chair and Panel recommend that the Ministry of Justice, Home Office and Attorney General commission a joint inspection of compliance with …	IICSA (2018)	Not 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
77	CSA experience for Chief Officer progression The Chair and Panel recommend that any police officer (or staff equivalent) who wants to progress to the Chief Officer cadre must …	IICSA (2018)	Not 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
94	CICA unspent convictions rule reform The Chair and Panel recommend that the Ministry of Justice revises Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority rules, so that awards are not automatically …	IICSA (2018)	Not 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
17	Prohibit pain compliance techniques The Chair and Panel consider that the use of pain compliance techniques should be seen as a form of child abuse, and …	IICSA (2019)	Not Accepted
18	Joint MoJ/DfE policy for children in custody The Chair and Panel recommend that the Ministry of Justice and the Department for Education share policy responsibility for managing and safeguarding …	IICSA (2019)	Not 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
27	Professional registration for custodial care staff As the Inquiry set out in its Interim Report, professional registration of the workforce in settings responsible for the care of vulnerable …	IICSA (2019)	Accepted in Part
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
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

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