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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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| 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
| Code | Recommendation | Inquiry | Response |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAI-153 |
Use recording equipment during exercises
The Home Office, the College of Policing, the National Ambulance Resilience Unit and the Fire Service College should ensure that, in the …
|
Manchester Arena Inquiry (2022) | Accepted |
| MAI-154 |
Training on use of recording equipment
The Home Office, the College of Policing, the National Ambulance Resilience Unit and the Fire Service College should ensure that training is …
|
Manchester Arena Inquiry (2022) | Accepted |
| MAI-155 |
Obtain comprehensive accounts from commanders
The Home Office, the College of Policing, the National Ambulance Resilience Unit and the Fire Service College should take steps to ensure …
|
Manchester Arena Inquiry (2022) | Accepted |
| MAI-156 |
Ambulance Liaison Officer resourcing
The Home Office, the Department of Health and Social Care and the National Ambulance Resilience Unit should consider how to ensure that …
|
Manchester Arena Inquiry (2022) | Accepted |
| MAI-157 |
Review stretcher availability for mass casualties
The Home Office, the Department of Health and Social Care, the Department for Transport and the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and …
|
Manchester Arena Inquiry (2022) | Accepted |
| MAI-158 |
Guidance on commander location during incidents
The Home Office, the National Ambulance Resilience Unit, the College of Policing and the Fire Service College should develop guidance as to …
|
Manchester Arena Inquiry (2022) | Accepted |
| MAI-159 |
Consider funding arrangements for police services
The Inquiry heard evidence that the impact of public funding cuts fell disproportionately hard on metropolitan police services, such as Greater Manchester …
|
Manchester Arena Inquiry (2022) | Accepted |
| MAI-160 |
Train all firefighters in first responder interventions
The National Fire Chiefs Council and the Fire Service College should establish a scheme for ensuring that all firefighters are trained in …
|
Manchester Arena Inquiry (2022) | Accepted |
| MAI-162 |
Define BTP Senior Duty Officer role in Major Incidents
The role of the Senior Duty Officer in a Major Incident should be clearly defined and explained in the British Transport Police …
|
Manchester Arena Inquiry (2022) | Accepted |
| MAI-165 |
Ten Second Triage training for frontline staff
The team led by Philip Cowburn has devised a tool that is designed for use by a wide range of emergency responders …
|
Manchester Arena Inquiry (2022) | Accepted |
| MAI-166 |
Introduce Major Incident Triage Tool
The team led by Philip Cowburn has devised a tool that is designed to replace the existing systems of primary and secondary …
|
Manchester Arena Inquiry (2022) | Accepted |
| MAI-167 |
Clarify Casualty Collection Point terminology
The terms Casualty Collection Point and Casualty Clearing Station are capable of being confused, one for the other, particularly in circumstances of …
|
Manchester Arena Inquiry (2022) | Accepted |
| MAI-168 |
Review Major Incident plans for joint working
Those organisations should consider what changes need to be made to Major Incident plans in order to achieve those aims.
|
Manchester Arena Inquiry (2022) | Accepted |
| MAI-169 |
Review Operation Plato guidance
Those organisations should consider what changes need to be made to the Counter Terrorism Policing Headquarters Operation Plato guidance in order to …
|
Manchester Arena Inquiry (2022) | Accepted |
| MAI-1 |
School-to-college records on radicalisation vulnerability
A clean start should be possible when a student moves from school to college or higher education, such that it would not …
|
Manchester Arena Inquiry (2023) | Accepted |
| MAI-52 |
Consider Commission for Countering Extremism report
In 2021, the Commission for Countering Extremism published a report entitled Operating with Impunity. Hateful Extremism: The Need for a Legal Framework. …
|
Manchester Arena Inquiry (2023) | Accepted |
| MAI-54 |
School records on radicalisation vulnerability
It is recommended that the Department for Education consider whether schools should include notes of any significant behavioural problems on the Common …
|
Manchester Arena Inquiry (2023) | Accepted |
| MAI-55 |
Risk-based visitor restrictions for radicalising prisoners
It is recommended that the Home Office consider introducing a system based on a robust assessment of the risk a prisoner poses …
|
Manchester Arena Inquiry (2023) | Accepted |
| MAI-60 |
Record images of students with weapons
It is recommended to all educational establishments and the Department for Education that images of school pupils or college students handling firearms, …
|
Manchester Arena Inquiry (2023) | Accepted |
| P1-40 |
Communicate Major Incident declarations to all responders
Each emergency service must communicate the declaration of a Major Incident to all other Category 1 Responders as soon as possible.
|
Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2019) | Accepted |
| P1-41 |
Establish inter-service control room communications
On the declaration of a Major Incident clear lines of communication must be established as soon as possible between the control rooms …
|
Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2019) | Accepted |
| P1-42 |
Designate single point of contact in control rooms
A single point of contact should be designated within each control room to facilitate such communication.
|
Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2019) | Accepted |
| P1-43 |
Use METHANE messages for Major Incidents
A 'METHANE' (Major incident declared, Exact location, Type of incident, Hazards, Access, Number and type of casualties, Emergency services present and required) …
|
Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2019) | Accepted |
| P1-45 |
NPAS helicopter datalink encryption standards
Steps be taken to ensure that the airborne datalink system on every NPAS helicopter observing an incident which involves one of the …
|
Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2019) | Accepted in Part |
| P2-25 |
Maintain public record of inquiry recommendations
That it be made a legal requirement for the government to maintain a publicly accessible record of recommendations made by select committees, …
|
Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2024) | Accepted in Part |
| 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 |
| P2-42 |
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 |
| 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 …
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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 …
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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, …
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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 …
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Post Office Horizon Inquiry (2023) | Accepted in Part |