Public Inquiry Recommendations

The Code of Practice should have particular regard to the factors to be considered when reviewing the retention or deletion of intelligence …

The Government should reaffirm the guidance in Working Together to Safeguard Children so that the police are notified as soon as possible …

National guidance should be produced to inform the decision as to whether or not to notify the police. This guidance could usefully …

The Integrated Children's System should record those cases where a decision is taken not to refer to the police.

The Commission for Social Care Inspection should, as part of any social services inspection, review whether decisions not to inform the police …

Head teachers and school governors should receive training on how to ensure that interviews to appoint staff reflect the importance of safeguarding …

From a date to be agreed, no interview panel to appoint staff working in schools should be convened without at least one …

The relevant inspection bodies should, as part of their inspection, review the existence and effectiveness of a school's selection and recruitment arrangements.

New arrangements should be introduced requiring those who wish to work with children, or vulnerable adults, to be registered. This register – …

HMIC should develop, with ACPO and the CRB, the standards to be observed by police forces in carrying out vetting checks. These …

All posts, including those in schools, that involve working with children, and vulnerable adults, should be subject to the Enhanced Disclosure regime.

The Registered Bodies' precise responsibilities for checking identities need to be clarified urgently.

Registered Bodies, or the CRB, should be able to check passports and driving licences presented as proof of identity against the Passport …

There should be an expectation that documents produced to confirm identity should, wherever possible, include a photograph.

Fingerprints should be used as a means of verifying identity.

Guidance should be issued to Registered Bodies on how to verify that applicants have given a full and accurate account of their …

Registered Bodies should be required to confirm that they have checked the information on the 'Police Check Form' in accordance with CRB …

The consents that applicants currently give on the 'Police Check Form' should be sufficiently broad to enable the requisite checks to be …

Incomplete or withdrawn applications should in future be returned to the Registered Body, and not to the applicant.

Proposals should be brought forward as soon as possible to improve the checking of people from overseas who want to work with …

As a priority, legislation should be brought forward to enable the CRB to access the following additional databases for the purpose of …

Phase 2 should consider what single agency or structure should be appointed or established to record, monitor and co-ordinate interventions for children …

Phase 2 should consider the development of a shared multi‑agency risk‑assessment tool that is clear, accessible and suitable for use across public …

Phase 2 should consider whether there should be a further ability to restrict or monitor access to the internet on the part …

The Department for Transport should require local authorities to ensure that all licensed taxi drivers have a clear duty promptly to report …

The Department for Transport should ensure that local authorities establish effective arrangements between licensed taxi companies and schools. These should enable school …

All police forces should ensure that their policies, guidance and training address taking on a calculated degree of risk in recognition of …

All police forces that have not implemented a model providing immediate and direct support to Force Incident Managers, ideally through a second …

NHS England should review funding, and consider providing additional resources, to enable all emergency response ambulance staff to participate in appropriate training …

North West Ambulance Service should review its procedures for declaring a Major Incident or Major Incident (Standby) to ensure clarity in how …

Merseyside Police and North West Ambulance Service should review the terminology used in their systems and procedures to ensure shared understanding and …

The Department for Education should update the out‑of‑school settings guidance by reviewing the health and safety section to ensure terminology is clear …

Phase 2 should consider systems to detect and report concerning online behaviour and suspicious combinations of purchases. This should include consideration of: …

The Home Office’s ongoing review of the sale of castor beans should consider regulation of the number of castor beans that can …

Phase 2 should consider whether conventional archery bows should be subject to age‑verification prior to sale, delivery restrictions including ID checks, mandatory …

Phase 2 should consider, in parallel with the government’s consultation where possible, a prohibition on the sale of crossbows, a licensing scheme …

The Home Office should provide clear guidance to all UK retailers of archery bows and crossbows on identifying and reporting suspicious behaviour, …

The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis should consider an investigation, with input from the Crown Prosecution Service if appropriate, as to …

The Home Office should take immediate action to ensure that online knife retailers are complying with the Knives Act 1997, particularly regarding …

Amazon should: 1. Improve its measures to prevent children from making purchases, including making the conditions of use and sale more prominent. …

Phase 2 should consider further measures relating to knives/bladed items sales, including: 1. Restrictions on sharp‑tipped knives. 2. Prohibiting some online sales …

The Department for Education should review and strengthen its guidance to schools on monitoring and filtering systems, including ensuring that the systems …

Lancashire County Council should undertake a comprehensive review of how its children’s services and Early Help teams (i.e. Children and Family Wellbeing …

The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology should consider extending the powers under the Online Safety Act 2023 to enable Senior Coroners …

Phase 2 should consider age verification for the use of Virtual Private Network (VPN) software and other options to avoid VPNs being …

Lancashire Constabulary should consider extending Operation Encompass to share automatically relevant information with schools in bordering areas. The Department for Education should …

Lancashire Constabulary, and the College of Policing nationally, should ensure that forms and training emphasise the importance of recording, as precisely as …

Lancashire Constabulary and Merseyside Police should review the effectiveness of their information‑sharing systems and consider whether a more robust process is required. …

Lancashire Constabulary should ensure its training and systems address the risks associated with failing to record case information on police systems so …

Lancashire Constabulary should ensure its procedures and training sufficiently addresses the risks children and young people may pose to others and the …