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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 12 of 29

Code	Recommendation	Inquiry	Response
5	Require proper cell sharing risk assessments The Home Office must ensure that adequate risk assessment for cell sharing is carried out by contractors in relation to every detained …	Brook House Inquiry (2023)	Accepted in Part
6	Review and reduce cell lock-in periods The Home Office, in consultation with the contractor responsible for operating each immigration removal centre, must review the current lock-in regime and …	Brook House Inquiry (2023)	Accepted in Part
7	Introduce 28-day maximum time limit on detention The government must introduce in legislation a maximum 28-day time limit on any individual's detention within an immigration removal centre.	Brook House Inquiry (2023)	Not Accepted
8	Mandatory comprehensive Rule 34 and Rule 35 training The Home Office (in collaboration with NHS England as required) must ensure that comprehensive training on Rule 34 and Rule 35 of …	Brook House Inquiry (2023)	Accepted in Part
9	Ensure effective operation and auditing of all Rule 35 limbs The Home Office must, across the immigration detention estate, assure itself that all three limbs of Rule 35 of the Detention Centre …	Brook House Inquiry (2023)	Under Consideration
10	Clarify authorisation for Rule 40 and Rule 42 segregation The Home Office must amend, as a matter of urgency, Detention Services Order 02/2017: Removal from Association (Detention Centre Rule 40) and …	Brook House Inquiry (2023)	Under Consideration
11	Review E Wing suitability for vulnerable detainees The Home Office and the current operator of Brook House must keep under review the appropriateness of the multi-purpose use of E …	Brook House Inquiry (2023)	Accepted in Part
12	Annual training on Rule 40 and Rule 42 segregation powers The Home Office and contractors operating immigration removal centres must provide regular training, at least annually, on the operation of Rule 40 …	Brook House Inquiry (2023)	Accepted in Part
13	Quarterly auditing of Rule 40 and Rule 42 use The Home Office must regularly (and at least quarterly) audit the use of Rule 40 and Rule 42 across the immigration detention …	Brook House Inquiry (2023)	Accepted in Part
14	Prohibit handcuffing behind back while seated The Home Office and contractors operating immigration removal centres must ensure that all staff are aware that the technique of handcuffing detained …	Brook House Inquiry (2023)	Accepted
15	New comprehensive use of force detention services order The Home Office must introduce, as a matter of urgency, a new and comprehensive detention services order to address use of force …	Brook House Inquiry (2023)	Accepted in Part
16	Independent review of use of force on mentally ill detainees The Home Office must urgently commission an independent review (with the power to make recommendations) of use of force on detained people …	Brook House Inquiry (2023)	Accepted in Part
17	Mandatory use of force debrief training and multi-level review process The Home Office must ensure, as a matter of urgency, that training is delivered on how to conduct an effective use of …	Brook House Inquiry (2023)	Accepted in Part
18	Update DSO on food and fluid refusal management and reporting The Home Office must, as a matter of urgency, update Detention Services Order 03/2017: Care and Management of Detained Individuals Refusing Food …	Brook House Inquiry (2023)	Accepted in Part
19	Healthcare staff guidance and training on use of force incidents The Home Office must ensure that guidance is issued to healthcare staff in immigration removal centres clarifying their role in use of …	Brook House Inquiry (2023)	Not Accepted
20	Update guidance on fit to fly and fit for detention medical assessments The Home Office must review and update Detention Services Order 01/2016: The Protection, Use and Sharing of Medical Information Relating to People …	Brook House Inquiry (2023)	Accepted in Part
21	Update mental vulnerability and mental capacity DSO guidance The Home Office must review and update Detention Services Order 04/2020: Mental Vulnerability and Immigration Detention: Non-Clinical Guidance to set out comprehensive …	Brook House Inquiry (2023)	Accepted in Part
22	Update healthcare complaints handling guidance The Home Office must review and update Detention Services Order 03/2015: Handling of Complaints to ensure that appropriate guidance is given to …	Brook House Inquiry (2023)	Accepted in Part
23	Quarterly assessment of staffing levels against population needs The Home Office and contractors operating immigration removal centres must ensure that there is ongoing assessment of staffing levels (at least on …	Brook House Inquiry (2023)	Accepted in Part
24	Mandatory staff training on mental health and trauma-informed approaches The Home Office, in conjunction with contractors, must ensure that all relevant immigration removal centre staff receive mandatory introductory and annual training …	Brook House Inquiry (2023)	Accepted in Part
25	Ensure senior manager presence and accessibility to staff Contractors operating immigration removal centres must ensure that senior managers are regularly present and visible within the immigration removal centre and are …	Brook House Inquiry (2023)	Accepted in Part
26	Ensure Home Office staff presence and visibility in IRCs The Home Office must ensure that its staff are regularly present and visible within each immigration removal centre.	Brook House Inquiry (2023)	Accepted in Part
27	Action plan to address staff desensitisation and secondary trauma Contractors operating immigration removal centres must develop and implement an action plan to ensure a safe and healthy staff culture in immigration …	Brook House Inquiry (2023)	Accepted in Part
28	Address barriers to detainee complaints including fear of repercussions The Home Office and its contractors operating immigration removal centres must take steps to identify and address the barriers to making complaints …	Brook House Inquiry (2023)	Accepted in Part
29	Improve Professional Standards Unit investigation procedures and training The Home Office must update Detention Services Order 03/2015: Handling of Complaints to clarify that, in investigations carried out by the Professional …	Brook House Inquiry (2023)	Accepted in Part
30	Enhance Professional Standards Unit independence and seniority The Home Office must: take steps to enhance the independence of the Professional Standards Unit from the Home Office and the perception …	Brook House Inquiry (2023)	Not Accepted
31	Update whistleblowing DSO with anonymous reporting mechanisms The Home Office must update Detention Services Order 03/2020: Whistleblowing – The Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 to require contractors that run …	Brook House Inquiry (2023)	Accepted in Part
32	Strengthen Independent Monitoring Board statutory footing and responsiveness The government must: respond to and publish responses to all concerns raised by any Independent Monitoring Board regarding immigration removal centres; take …	Brook House Inquiry (2023)	Accepted in Part
33	Improve HMIP and IMB evidence gathering and reporting processes HM Inspectorate of Prisons and Independent Monitoring Boards working within immigration removal centres must ensure that they have robust processes for: obtaining …	Brook House Inquiry (2023)	Accepted in Part
L1	Independent Board Governance An independent self regulatory body should be governed by an independent Board. In order to ensure the independence of the body, the …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted in Part
L2	Chair Appointment Panel The appointment of the Chair of the Board should be made by an appointment panel. The selection of that panel must itself …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted in Part
L3	Appointment Panel Composition The appointment panel: (a) should be appointed in an independent, fair and open way; (b) should contain a substantial majority of members …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted in Part
L4	Board Appointment Independence The appointment of the Board should also be an independent process, and the composition of the Board should include people with relevant …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted in Part
L5	Board Member Composition The members of the Board should be appointed by the same appointment panel that appoints the Chair, together with the Chair (once …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted in Part
L6	Funding Settlement Funding for the system should be settled in agreement between the industry and the Board, taking into account the cost of fulfilling …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted in Part
L7	Standards Code Responsibility The standards code must ultimately be the responsibility of, and adopted by, the Board, advised by a Code Committee which may comprise …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted in Part
L8	Code Content Requirements The code must take into account the importance of freedom of speech, the interests of the public (including the public interest in …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted in Part
L9	Internal Governance Processes The Board should require, of those who subscribe, appropriate internal governance processes, transparency on what governance processes they have in place, and …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted in Part
L10	Complaint Handling Mechanism The Board should require all those who subscribe to have an adequate and speedy complaint handling mechanism; it should encourage those who …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted in Part
L11	Power to Hear Complaints The Board should have the power to hear and decide on complaints about breach of the standards code by those who subscribe. …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted in Part
L12	Complaint Decision Responsibility Decisions on complaints should be the ultimate responsibility of the Board, advised by complaints handling officials to whom appropriate delegations may be …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted in Part
L13	Complaints Committee Composition Serving editors should not be members of any Committee advising the Board on complaints and any such Committee should have a composition …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted in Part
L14	Free Complaints Process It should continue to be the case that complainants are able to bring complaints free of charge.	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted in Part
L15	Power to Direct Remedies In relation to complaints, the Board should have the power to direct appropriate remedial action for breach of standards and the publication …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted in Part
L16	Apology Placement Power The power to direct the nature, extent and placement of apologies should lie with the Board.	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted in Part
L17	No Prior Restraint Power The Board should not have the power to prevent publication of any material, by anyone, at any time although (in its discretion) …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted in Part
L18	Investigation Powers The Board, being an independent self-regulatory body, should have authority to examine issues on its own initiative and have sufficient powers to …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted in Part
L19	Financial Sanctions Power The Board should have the power to impose appropriate and proportionate sanctions, (including financial sanctions up to 1% of turnover with a …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted in Part
L20	Compliance Record Keeping The Board should have both the power and a duty to ensure that all breaches of the standards code that it considers …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted in Part
L21	Annual Report Requirements The Board should publish an Annual Report identifying: (a) the body's subscribers, identifying any significant changes in subscriber numbers; (b) the number …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted in Part

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