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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
R12	Police notification of child offences The Government should reaffirm the guidance in Working Together to Safeguard Children so that the police are notified as soon as possible …	Bichard Inquiry (2004)	Accepted
R13	Criteria for police notification National guidance should be produced to inform the decision as to whether or not to notify the police. This guidance could usefully …	Bichard Inquiry (2004)	Accepted
R14	Recording non-referral decisions The Integrated Children's System should record those cases where a decision is taken not to refer to the police.	Bichard Inquiry (2004)	Accepted
R15	Inspection of non-referral decisions The Commission for Social Care Inspection should, as part of any social services inspection, review whether decisions not to inform the police …	Bichard Inquiry (2004)	Accepted
R16	Interview training for headteachers Head teachers and school governors should receive training on how to ensure that interviews to appoint staff reflect the importance of safeguarding …	Bichard Inquiry (2004)	Accepted
R17	Trained panel member requirement From a date to be agreed, no interview panel to appoint staff working in schools should be convened without at least one …	Bichard Inquiry (2004)	Accepted
R18	Inspection of school recruitment The relevant inspection bodies should, as part of their inspection, review the existence and effectiveness of a school's selection and recruitment arrangements.	Bichard Inquiry (2004)	Accepted
R19	Registration scheme for working with children New arrangements should be introduced requiring those who wish to work with children, or vulnerable adults, to be registered. This register – …	Bichard Inquiry (2004)	Accepted
R20	Standards for police vetting checks HMIC should develop, with ACPO and the CRB, the standards to be observed by police forces in carrying out vetting checks. These …	Bichard Inquiry (2004)	Accepted
R21	Enhanced Disclosure for school staff All posts, including those in schools, that involve working with children, and vulnerable adults, should be subject to the Enhanced Disclosure regime.	Bichard Inquiry (2004)	Accepted
R22	Identity checking responsibilities The Registered Bodies' precise responsibilities for checking identities need to be clarified urgently.	Bichard Inquiry (2004)	Accepted
R23	Database access for identity verification Registered Bodies, or the CRB, should be able to check passports and driving licences presented as proof of identity against the Passport …	Bichard Inquiry (2004)	Accepted
R24	Photograph requirement for identity documents There should be an expectation that documents produced to confirm identity should, wherever possible, include a photograph.	Bichard Inquiry (2004)	Accepted
R25	Fingerprints for identity verification Fingerprints should be used as a means of verifying identity.	Bichard Inquiry (2004)	Accepted
R26	Address verification guidance Guidance should be issued to Registered Bodies on how to verify that applicants have given a full and accurate account of their …	Bichard Inquiry (2004)	Accepted
R27	Information verification confirmation Registered Bodies should be required to confirm that they have checked the information on the 'Police Check Form' in accordance with CRB …	Bichard Inquiry (2004)	Accepted
R28	Broader consent on Police Check Form The consents that applicants currently give on the 'Police Check Form' should be sufficiently broad to enable the requisite checks to be …	Bichard Inquiry (2004)	Accepted
R29	Incomplete applications returned to Registered Body Incomplete or withdrawn applications should in future be returned to the Registered Body, and not to the applicant.	Bichard Inquiry (2004)	Accepted
R30	Overseas applicant checking Proposals should be brought forward as soon as possible to improve the checking of people from overseas who want to work with …	Bichard Inquiry (2004)	Accepted
R31	Additional database access for CRB As a priority, legislation should be brought forward to enable the CRB to access the following additional databases for the purpose of …	Bichard Inquiry (2004)	Accepted
RHI-1	Policy Skills Assessment A new policy at its earliest stage should be subject to a rigorous process to determine whether the Northern Ireland devolved administration …	RHI Inquiry (2020)	Accepted
RHI-2	Novel Policy Scrutiny Novel, potentially volatile and untested initiatives should in future be scrutinised thoroughly, well ahead of ministerial and business case approval. The Inquiry …	RHI Inquiry (2020)	Accepted
RHI-3	Policy Skills Training As far as practicable, Northern Ireland Civil Service teams working on policies, particularly new and untested initiatives, should be trained and supported …	RHI Inquiry (2020)	Accepted
RHI-4	Quality of Ministerial Advice A lesson from the RHI experience is that action is needed to raise and sustain the quality of advice to Ministers and …	RHI Inquiry (2020)	Accepted
RHI-5	Ministerial Training and Support One role of Ministers in a democratic system is to decide on policies and they can only do so effectively if they …	RHI Inquiry (2020)	Accepted
RHI-6	Special Adviser Role Clarity (i) Under existing arrangements, Northern Ireland Ministers should be responsible for their Special Advisers. (ii) New or returning Ministers should be invited …	RHI Inquiry (2020)	Accepted
RHI-7	Special Adviser Induction There should be a clearly defined induction process for new Special Advisers, shared by the appointing Minister and the relevant Permanent Secretary, …	RHI Inquiry (2020)	Accepted
RHI-8	Job-Specific Recruitment A fundamental shift is needed in the approach used within the Northern Ireland Civil Service with regard to recruitment and selection for …	RHI Inquiry (2020)	Accepted
RHI-9	Commercial Awareness Commercial and business awareness amongst policy officials, particularly those working in roles relating to the economy of Northern Ireland, must be improved. …	RHI Inquiry (2020)	Accepted
RHI-10	External Consultants Guidance The Northern Ireland Civil Service should consider what changes are needed to its guidance and practices on the use of external consultants …	RHI Inquiry (2020)	Accepted
RHI-11	Project Management Disciplines Best practice project and risk management disciplines should be the default practice within the Northern Ireland Civil Service when developing novel and …	RHI Inquiry (2020)	Accepted
RHI-12	Invest NI and SIB Collaboration The leaders of the Northern Ireland Civil Service should work with Invest Northern Ireland and the Strategic Investment Board to consider how …	RHI Inquiry (2020)	Accepted
RHI-13	External Expertise on Project Boards Project boards are an essential element of project management oversight and must include individuals who can challenge and who are not directly …	RHI Inquiry (2020)	Accepted
RHI-14	Risk Tracking and Reporting The risks involved in implementation of an initiative must be tracked, re-considered regularly and used to manage, improve and adjust the project …	RHI Inquiry (2020)	Accepted
RHI-15	Programme Boards for Sector Coordination Co-ordination of groups of projects aiming to achieve change in a particular sector – e.g. renewable energy projects – would be stronger …	RHI Inquiry (2020)	Accepted
RHI-16	Third Party Governance Where other government bodies, such as Ofgem, or contractors or other third parties are involved in the implementation of a project, the …	RHI Inquiry (2020)	Accepted
RHI-17	Professional Development The Northern Ireland Civil Service should take steps to draw on best practice from other jurisdictions to provide more support for professions …	RHI Inquiry (2020)	Accepted
RHI-18	Inter-Governmental Framework More generally, we recommend a Northern Ireland government-wide framework for information exchange and, where appropriate, co-operation between the Northern Ireland Civil Service, …	RHI Inquiry (2020)	Accepted
RHI-19	Business Case Approval Redesign The processes within a Department for approving new expenditure and business cases including, where it forms part of that process, the role …	RHI Inquiry (2020)	Accepted
RHI-20	Flexible Expenditure Rules Public expenditure rules should be sufficiently flexible so that false economies can be avoided. In order to deliver a policy objective, Departments …	RHI Inquiry (2020)	Accepted
RHI-21	Sceptical Business Case Scrutiny The Department of Finance's distinctive role in scrutinising business cases should be searching and sceptical, guarding against over-reliance on the assurances offered …	RHI Inquiry (2020)	Accepted
RHI-22	Proactive DoF Monitoring Particularly where a policy initiative is demand-led, novel, complex and/or likely to be lengthy, consideration should be given to increasing Department of …	RHI Inquiry (2020)	Accepted
RHI-23	Ministerial Notification of Approval Conditions Ministers should always be advised of any conditions attached to the approval of a policy or project by the Department of Finance. …	RHI Inquiry (2020)	Accepted
RHI-24	Staff Move Sequencing Senior managers in the Civil Service must take responsibility for guiding and, where necessary, sequencing the timing of staff moves so that …	RHI Inquiry (2020)	Accepted
RHI-25	Ministerial Decision-Making In light of their legal responsibility to direct and control the Department for which they are responsible, and their democratic accountability to …	RHI Inquiry (2020)	Accepted
RHI-26	Meeting Records Notes of significant meetings between officials and ministers, particularly those affecting decision-making and spending, must be taken and retained. The responsibility for …	RHI Inquiry (2020)	Accepted
RHI-27	Private Office Record Keeping Ministers' responses to submissions should be formally and timeously recorded and disseminated to officials by the Minister's Private Office. That responsibility should …	RHI Inquiry (2020)	Accepted
RHI-28	Record Keeping Culture and Audit The culture and practice of record keeping and access to records within the Northern Ireland Civil Service needs to change so that …	RHI Inquiry (2020)	Accepted
RHI-29	Departmental Finance Functions The finance function within a Department should exert the necessary authority and capability to fulfil the requirements of 'Managing Public Money Northern …	RHI Inquiry (2020)	Accepted
RHI-30	Budget Holder Financial Training Civil servants who are responsible for holding and monitoring a budget should have to demonstrate core requirements in financial literacy and an …	RHI Inquiry (2020)	Accepted

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