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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 6 of 29

Code	Recommendation	Inquiry	Response
P2-36	Provide firefighters with digital radios That all fire and rescue services give consideration to providing all firefighters with digital radios. (113.60)	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2024)	Accepted
P2-37	Train firefighters on communications loss response Since radio communications are inherently unreliable in certain environments, we recommend that firefighters be trained to respond appropriately to the loss of …	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2024)	Accepted
P2-38	Provide water supply system training to all firefighters That basic training on the structure and operation of the water supply system, including the different types of hydrants in use and …	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2024)	Accepted
P2-39	Establish water undertaker communication protocols That all fire and rescue services establish and periodically review an agreed protocol with the statutory water undertakers in their areas to …	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2024)	Accepted
P2-40	Amend BS 750 for flow coefficient measurement That the British Standards Institution amend BS 750 to include a description of the circumstances under which the flow coefficient to which …	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2024)	Accepted
P2-41	Consider guidance on firefighter initiative deviations That National Fire Chiefs Council consider whether, and if so in what circumstances, firefighters should be discouraged from departing from their instructions …	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2024)	Accepted
P2-42	Review Civil Contingencies Act intervention powers That the [Civil Contingencies] Act [2004] be reviewed and consideration be given to granting a designated Secretary of State the power to …	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2024)	Accepted
P2-43	Require voluntary sector partnerships in contingency planning Regulation 23 of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (Contingency Planning) Regulations 2005 requires a Category 1 responder to have regard when making …	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2024)	Accepted in Part
P2-44	Consolidate and update emergency preparedness guidance The current guidance on preparing for emergencies is contained in several documents, all of which are unduly long and in some respects …	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2024)	Accepted
P2-45	Add humanitarian considerations as ninth response principle That regard for humanitarian considerations be expressly recognised by making it the ninth principle of effective response and recovery. (113.69)	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2024)	Accepted
P2-46	Revise London Gold arrangements guidance Events demonstrated, however, that there is a need for a clearer understanding of the nature of the London Gold arrangements, in particular …	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2024)	Accepted
P2-47	Local resilience forums to adopt national standards That local resilience forums adopt national standards to ensure effective training, preparation and planning for emergencies and adopt independent auditing schemes to …	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2024)	Accepted
P2-48	Verify training quality of Category 1 responders That a mechanism be introduced for independently verifying the frequency and quality of training provided by local authorities and other Category 1 …	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2024)	Accepted in Part
P2-49	Train all local authority employees on resilience That local authorities train all their employees, including chief executives, to regard resilience as an integral part of their responsibilities. (113.73)	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2024)	Accepted
P2-50	Devise displaced person information recording methods RBKC had no effective means of collecting and recording information about those who had been displaced from the tower and surrounding buildings, …	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2024)	Accepted
P2-51	Arrange emergency temporary accommodation provision That all local authorities make such arrangements as are reasonably practicable for enabling them to place people in temporary accommodation at short …	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2024)	Accepted
P2-52	Include financial assistance in contingency plans That all local authorities include in their contingency plans arrangements for providing immediate financial assistance to people affected by an emergency. (113.76)	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2024)	Accepted
P2-53	Plan for key worker availability in emergencies That as part of their planning for emergencies local authorities give detailed consideration to the availability of key workers and the role …	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2024)	Accepted
P2-54	Establish effective emergency communication methods That as part of their emergency planning local authorities make effective arrangements for continuing communication with those who need assistance using the …	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2024)	Accepted
P2-55	Use modern communication for public emergency information That all local authorities include in their plans for responding to emergencies arrangements for providing information to the public by whatever combination …	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2024)	Accepted
P2-56	Clarify casualty bureau purpose and limitations That what in the past has been called by the police a 'casualty bureau' be described in a way that makes it …	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2024)	Accepted
P2-57	Reconsider Phase 1 recommendations in light of Phase 2 That further consideration be given to the recommendations made in the Phase 1 report in the light of our findings in this …	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2024)	Accepted
P2-58	Reconsider LGA Guide paragraph 79.11 advice That the advice contained in paragraph 79.11 of the LGA Guide be reconsidered. (113.83)	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2024)	Accepted
POH-1	Respond to recommendations by 10 October 2025 HM Government and/or the Department and where appropriate the Post Office and Fujitsu shall provide written responses to my recommendations by 10 …	Post Office Horizon Inquiry (2025)	Accepted
POH-2	Define and publish meaning of full and fair financial redress The Minister and/or the Department in conjunction with the Post Office shall make a public announcement explaining what is meant by the …	Post Office Horizon Inquiry (2025)	Accepted
POH-3	Apply full and fair meaning consistently across all schemes The Post Office, the Department and the Minister shall ensure that all decision makers in HSS, GLOS and OCS/HCRS apply the meaning …	Post Office Horizon Inquiry (2025)	Accepted
POH-4	Fund legal advice for HSS claimants before scheme choice All claimants in HSS shall be entitled to obtain legal advice funded by the Department prior to choosing between accepting the Fixed …	Post Office Horizon Inquiry (2025)	Accepted in Part
POH-5	Allow 3-month window to accept Fixed Sum Offer after assessment Any claimant who opts to have a claim assessed when the claim is submitted to the Post Office or the Department may …	Post Office Horizon Inquiry (2025)	Accepted
POH-6	Appoint senior lawyer to ensure HSS offers are full and fair A suitably qualified senior lawyer shall be appointed to HSS as soon as is practicable with the aim that any such appointee …	Post Office Horizon Inquiry (2025)	Accepted
POH-7	Grant appropriate powers to HSS senior lawyer The appointed person shall be given appropriate powers to ensure that these tasks can be performed and carried into effect. If it …	Post Office Horizon Inquiry (2025)	Accepted
POH-8	Require HSS first offers match Independent Advisory Panel recommendation In HSS the Post Office shall be obliged to make, and the Department shall be obliged to approve (when necessary) a first …	Post Office Horizon Inquiry (2025)	Accepted
POH-9	Allow HSS Fixed Sum acceptors to appeal with independent permission The Department following consultation with the Advisory Board, claimants' representatives and any other persons or bodies it thinks appropriate, shall give urgent …	Post Office Horizon Inquiry (2025)	Accepted
POH-10	Clarify best offer principle in HSSA guidance with examples The Department shall issue a supplementary document/announcement clarifying the meaning and intent of the "best offer" principle in the Horizon Shortfall Scheme …	Post Office Horizon Inquiry (2025)	Accepted
POH-11	Apply best offer principle equally in GLOS The "best offer" principle which will apply in HSSA, as explained in response to Recommendation 10, shall be equally applicable in GLOS.	Post Office Horizon Inquiry (2025)	Accepted
POH-12	Amend GLOS to allow claimants oral submissions at panel hearings The scheme documents governing GLOS should be amended so that a right is conferred upon claimants (exercisable by the claimants themselves or …	Post Office Horizon Inquiry (2025)	Accepted
POH-13	Close HSS Dispute Resolution Procedure when HSSA opens The current Dispute Resolution Procedure in HSS should be closed once all claimants currently within the Procedure have either (a) settled their …	Post Office Horizon Inquiry (2025)	Not Accepted
POH-14	Post Office to engage in negotiations during HSSA appeal period During the nine-month period afforded to claimants to submit an appeal to the Department in HSSA, the Post Office shall engage in …	Post Office Horizon Inquiry (2025)	Accepted
POH-15	Set deadline for HSS claims with guidance on late applications No claims for financial redress under HSS shall be entertained after midnight 27 November 2025.	Post Office Horizon Inquiry (2025)	Accepted in Part
POH-16	Clarify whether HCRS and OCS assessment processes differ The Department shall make a public announcement in which (a) it clarifies whether there will be any differences in the process for …	Post Office Horizon Inquiry (2025)	Accepted
POH-17	Establish standing public body to administer future redress schemes As soon as is reasonably practicable, HM Government shall establish a standing public body which shall, when called upon to do so, …	Post Office Horizon Inquiry (2025)	Under Consideration
POH-18	Devise redress process for affected family members The Department shall devise a process for providing financial redress to close family members of those most adversely affected by Horizon. Such …	Post Office Horizon Inquiry (2025)	Accepted
POH-19	Publish restorative justice programme by 31 October 2025 By 31 October 2025, the Department, Fujitsu and the Post Office shall publish, either separately or together, a report outlining any agreed …	Post Office Horizon Inquiry (2025)	Accepted
POH-IR1-1	Allow Advisory Board to monitor individual compensation cases The Horizon Compensation Advisory Board should not be prevented from monitoring individual cases in which compensation has been or is to be …	Post Office Horizon Inquiry (2023)	Accepted in Part
POH-IR1-2	Publish Advisory Board meeting reports within 21 days The Horizon Compensation Advisory Board shall produce written reports in respect of each of their meetings in relation to each of the …	Post Office Horizon Inquiry (2023)	Accepted
POH-IR1-3	Make monitoring full and fair compensation a core Board duty It must be one of the core duties of the Horizon Compensation Advisory Board that it monitors whether compensation payments are full …	Post Office Horizon Inquiry (2023)	Accepted in Part
POH-IR1-4	Increase Advisory Board membership if needed for capacity If the Horizon Compensation Advisory Board considers it necessary, the number of persons appointed to the Board should be increased so as …	Post Office Horizon Inquiry (2023)	Accepted
POH-IR1-5	Seek court directions for GLO compensation in bankruptcy cases DBT shall take such steps as are necessary within 28 days of the publication of this report to seek appropriate directions under …	Post Office Horizon Inquiry (2023)	Accepted
POH-IR1-6	Publish proposals for equal tax treatment of compensation payments DBT shall publish within 28 days of the publication of this report its proposals for ensuring that applicants to all schemes are …	Post Office Horizon Inquiry (2023)	Accepted
POH-IR1-7	Amend Limitation Act to extend GLO deadline if needed HM Government shall bring forward as soon as possible legislation amending section 11(3)(a) of the Limitation Act 1980 to allow payments of …	Post Office Horizon Inquiry (2023)	Accepted in Part
POH-IR1-8	Set agreed closing date for Horizon Shortfall Scheme applications No applications for compensation to the Horizon Shortfall Scheme shall be entertained after such date as shall be agreed by the Minister, …	Post Office Horizon Inquiry (2023)	Accepted in Part

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