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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

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Code	Recommendation	Inquiry	Response
IR2-5	Classification of Infections and Severity I recommend that infections eligible for compensation should be classified in the following manner: a) there should be defined categories for each …	Infected Blood Inquiry (2023)	Accepted
IR2-6	Categories of Loss and Award Heads I recommend that the appropriate award in any case should be composed under the following categories of loss, applicable to both eligible …	Infected Blood Inquiry (2023)	Accepted
IR2-7	No Exemplary Damages but Court Access Preserved I recommend that there should be no award for exemplary damages, though it should remain open to a claimant to pursue such …	Infected Blood Inquiry (2023)	Accepted
IR2-8	Tariff-Based Compensation Framework I recommend that the Government should approve a scheme setting out a framework of tariff based compensation for eligible infected and affected …	Infected Blood Inquiry (2023)	Accepted
IR2-9	Status of Awards and Legal Rights I recommend that, with reference to the status of awards: a) eligible infected and affected persons should not be required to accept …	Infected Blood Inquiry (2023)	Accepted
IR2-10	Form of Awards - Lump Sum and Periodical Payments I recommend that: a) awards should be made in a lump sum in respect of an Injury Impact Award, Social Impact Award, …	Infected Blood Inquiry (2023)	Accepted
IR2-11	Interest on Past Losses I recommend that interest be payable on awards for past financial losses and past provision of care, from the date of infection …	Infected Blood Inquiry (2023)	Accepted
IR2-12	Interim Payments for Bereaved Families I recommend that an interim payment of £100,000 should be paid to recognise the deaths of people to date unrecognised and alleviate …	Infected Blood Inquiry (2023)	Accepted
IR2-13	Relationship with Support Schemes and Benefits I recommend that, with regard to the relationship between compensation, support payments and benefits: a) in assessing compensation under the scheme, no …	Infected Blood Inquiry (2023)	Accepted
IR2-14	Arms Length Body Administration I recommend that an Arms Length Body (ALB) should be set up to administer the compensation scheme, with guaranteed independence of judgement, …	Infected Blood Inquiry (2023)	Accepted
IR2-15	Support Services for Applicants I recommend that the scheme should include provision of the following support services to be provided without charge to the applicant: a) …	Infected Blood Inquiry (2023)	Accepted
IR2-16	Central Delivery with Devolved Support I recommend that the compensation scheme should be delivered by one central body, appropriately resourced and staffed. Current support schemes should however …	Infected Blood Inquiry (2023)	Accepted
IR2-17	Bespoke Psychological Service I recommend that without delay steps be taken to provide a bespoke psychological service in England.	Infected Blood Inquiry (2023)	Accepted
IR2-18	Immediate Establishment of Scheme I recommend that a compensation scheme should be set up now and it should begin work this year.	Infected Blood Inquiry (2023)	Accepted
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
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
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

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