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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	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
SP52	National guidance on structured risk assessments Nationally, the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England should review: 1. Whether there is a need for further development …	Southport Inquiry (2026)	Accepted
SP53	GMMH and Alder Hey joint SMART audit At the local level, Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust and Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust should by no later …	Southport Inquiry (2026)	Accepted
SP54	National guidance on SMART action points Nationally, the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England should consider whether nationwide guidance should be issued on the importance …	Southport Inquiry (2026)	Accepted
SP55	Community mental health services for violence-fixated children Phase 2 should consider the ability of community and forensic mental health services to deliver clinical interventions to mitigate the risk from …	Southport Inquiry (2026)	Accepted
SP56	Mental health assessment powers for isolated children Phase 2 should consider whether further legislative change is required to allow mental health clinicians to assess children and young people who …	Southport Inquiry (2026)	Accepted
SP57	Agencies to respect school insight on risk The Home Office (for police forces nationwide) Counter Terrorism Police Headquarters (for Prevent), Department of Health and Social Care (for all healthcare …	Southport Inquiry (2026)	Accepted
SP58	KCSIE 2026 safeguarding information transfer The Department for Education, in finalising the Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance 2026, and in any necessary amendments to other policy …	Southport Inquiry (2026)	Accepted
SP59	Audit of safeguarding information transfer between schools The Department for Education should carry out an audit to ensure that safeguarding information is reliably being passed between schools and should …	Southport Inquiry (2026)	Accepted
SP60	School safeguarding recording systems The Department for Education should ensure (either by direct guidance or through Ofsted) that all schools are required to record safeguarding information …	Southport Inquiry (2026)	Accepted
SP61	LCC education provision and attendance audit Lancashire County Council should, by no later than 13 October 2026, carry out and report on an audit (preferably involving an experienced …	Southport Inquiry (2026)	Accepted
SP62	Guidance on LEA and police visits to absent children The Department for Education and the Home Office should review whether further guidance and/or minimum guidance is required in relation to local …	Southport Inquiry (2026)	Accepted
SP63	Improved school Prevent training The Department for Education should ensure that (i) its own policy guidance for teachers and schools (outside the Statutory Guidance for which …	Southport Inquiry (2026)	Accepted
SP64	Review of school attendance monitoring guidance The Department for Education should undertake a targeted review, engaging with a representative sample of local authorities, to check both that the …	Southport Inquiry (2026)	Accepted
SP65	Remedial steps for failing education authorities The Department for Education should consider what remedial steps can be put in place to assist in circumstances where, whether through underfunding …	Southport Inquiry (2026)	Accepted
SP66	Guidance for parents of children found with weapons The Youth Justice Board should ensure that a form of clear practical written guidance is drafted which relevant professionals (social care, healthcare, …	Southport Inquiry (2026)	Accepted
SP67	Law Commission review of duty to warn/report The Law Commission should be asked to review the merits of legal reform concerning whether specified categories of persons ought to be …	Southport Inquiry (2026)	Accepted

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