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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

928 of 1,814 · page 9 of 19

Code	Recommendation	Inquiry	Response
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
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
48	Mandatory Catholic safeguarding training The Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales should ensure that safeguarding training is mandatory for all staff and volunteers in roles …	IICSA (2020)	Accepted
49	Catholic non-compliance framework The Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales and the Conference of Religious should publish a clear framework for dealing with cases …	IICSA (2020)	Accepted
50	Independent validation of Catholic audit programme The Catholic Safeguarding Advisory Service should have the effectiveness of its audit programme regularly validated by an independent organisation which is external …	IICSA (2020)	Accepted
51	Review Catholic safeguarding policies manual The Catholic Safeguarding Advisory Service should review its policies and procedures manual and the documents within it to ensure that they are …	IICSA (2020)	Accepted
52	Lambeth Council comprehensive action plan Lambeth Council should develop and publish a comprehensive action plan which details the actions that it will take in response to the …	IICSA (2021)	Accepted
53	Lambeth councillor safeguarding training All Lambeth Council elected members should receive training on: (i) safeguarding and (ii) corporate parenting. Newly elected members should receive training on …	IICSA (2021)	Accepted
54	Lambeth foster carer vetting review Lambeth Council should review the application of recruitment and vetting procedures for all current foster carers directly provided by Lambeth Council, to …	IICSA (2021)	Accepted
82	Metropolitan Police investigation into Lambeth Council The Metropolitan Police Service should consider whether there are grounds for a criminal investigation into Lambeth Council's actions when providing information to …	IICSA (2021)	Accepted
55	Religious organisation child protection policies All religious organisations should have a child protection policy and supporting procedures, which should include advice and guidance on responding to disclosures …	IICSA (2021)	Accepted
85	Access to records for former child migrants The Chair and Panel have recommended that all institutions which sent children abroad as part of the child migration programmes should ensure …	IICSA (2018)	Accepted
92	Apologies to former child migrants The Chair and Panel have recommended that institutions involved in the child migration programmes who have not apologised for their role should …	IICSA (2018)	Accepted
93	Financial redress for former child migrants The Chair and Panel have recommended that the UK government establishes a financial redress scheme for surviving former child migrants, providing for …	IICSA (2018)	Accepted
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
L50	Compensation for Distress It should be made clear that the right to compensation for distress conferred by section 13 of the Data Protection Act 1998 …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted
L72	Exemplary Damages for Media Torts Exemplary damages (whether so described or renamed as punitive damages) should be available for actions for breach of privacy, breach of confidence …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted
L75	Discontinue Off-the-record Term The term 'off-the-record briefing' should be discontinued. The term 'non-reportable briefing' should be used to cover a background briefing which is not …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted
L76	ACPO Media Contact Recording It should be mandatory for ACPO rank officers to record all of their contact with the media, and for that record to …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted
L77	Police Media Contact Rule The simple rule included within the 'Interim ACPO Guidance for Relationships with the Media' should be adopted as good practice. This is: …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted
L78	PNC Access Auditing The Police Service should re-examine the rigour of the auditing process and the frequency of the conduct of audits in relation to …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted
L79	ACPO Guidance on Hospitality The recent ACPO Guidance should more specifically spell out the dangers of consuming alcohol in a setting of casual hospitality (without necessarily …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted
L80	ACPO Post-employment Restrictions Consideration should be given to the terms upon which ACPO rank officers are appointed and, in particular, whether these terms should include …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted
L81	Enhanced Whistleblower Protection An enhanced system for protection of whistleblowers and for providing assistance for the Police Service on general ethical issues should at least …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted
L83	Disclosure of Media Contacts Party Leaders, Ministers and Front Bench Opposition spokesmen should consider publishing: (a) the simple fact of long term relationships with media proprietors, …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted
L84	Immediate Transparency Need The suggestions that I have made in the direction of greater transparency about meetings and contacts should be considered not just as …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted
L85	Plurality Focus on News The particular public policy goals of ensuring that citizens are informed and preventing too much influence in any one pair of hands …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted
L86	Include Online in Plurality Online publication should be included in any market assessment for consideration of plurality.	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted
L87	Plurality Measurement Framework Ofcom and the Government should work, with the industry, on the measurement framework, in order to achieve as great a measure of …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted
L88	Plurality Thresholds Lower Than Competition The levels of influence that would give rise to concerns in relation to plurality must be lower, and probably considerably lower, than …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted
L89	Full Menu of Plurality Remedies Ofcom has presented the Inquiry and the Government with a full menu of potential remedies, and it has not been argued or …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted
L90	Periodic Plurality Reviews The Government should consider whether periodic plurality reviews or an extension to the public interest test within the markets regime in competition …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted
L91	Media Merger Referral Consultation Before making a decision to refer a media merger to the competition authorities on public interest grounds, the Secretary of State should …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted
L92	Secretary of State Media Merger Decisions The Secretary of State should remain responsible for public interest decisions in relation to media mergers. The Secretary of State should be …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted
F1	Implementing the recommendations It is recommended that: All commissioning, service provision regulatory and ancillary organisations in healthcare should consider the findings and recommendations of this …	Mid Staffs Inquiry (2013)	Accepted
F2	Putting the patient first The NHS and all who work for it must adopt and demonstrate a shared culture in which the patient is the priority …	Mid Staffs Inquiry (2013)	Accepted
F3	Clarity of values and principles The NHS Constitution should be the first reference point for all NHS patients and staff and should set out the system's common …	Mid Staffs Inquiry (2013)	Accepted
F4	Clarity of values and principles The core values expressed in the NHS Constitution should be given priority of place and the overriding value should be that patients …	Mid Staffs Inquiry (2013)	Accepted
F5	Clarity of values and principles In reaching out to patients, consideration should be given to including expectations in the NHS Constitution that: Staff put patients before themselves; …	Mid Staffs Inquiry (2013)	Accepted
F6	Clarity of values and principles The handbook to the NHS Constitution should be revised to include a much more prominent reference to the NHS values and their …	Mid Staffs Inquiry (2013)	Accepted
F8	Clarity of values and principles Contractors providing outsourced services should also be required to abide by these requirements and to ensure that staff employed by them for …	Mid Staffs Inquiry (2013)	Accepted
F11	Fundamental standards of behaviour Healthcare professionals should be prepared to contribute to the development of, and comply with, standard procedures in the areas in which they …	Mid Staffs Inquiry (2013)	Accepted

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