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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| POH-IR1-2 |
Publish Advisory Board meeting reports within 21 days
The Horizon Compensation Advisory Board shall produce written reports in respect of each of their meetings in relation to each of the …
|
Post Office Horizon Inquiry (2023) | Accepted |
| POH-IR1-3 |
Make monitoring full and fair compensation a core Board duty
It must be one of the core duties of the Horizon Compensation Advisory Board that it monitors whether compensation payments are full …
|
Post Office Horizon Inquiry (2023) | Accepted in Part |
| POH-IR1-4 |
Increase Advisory Board membership if needed for capacity
If the Horizon Compensation Advisory Board considers it necessary, the number of persons appointed to the Board should be increased so as …
|
Post Office Horizon Inquiry (2023) | Accepted |
| POH-IR1-5 |
Seek court directions for GLO compensation in bankruptcy cases
DBT shall take such steps as are necessary within 28 days of the publication of this report to seek appropriate directions under …
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Post Office Horizon Inquiry (2023) | Accepted |
| POH-IR1-6 |
Publish proposals for equal tax treatment of compensation payments
DBT shall publish within 28 days of the publication of this report its proposals for ensuring that applicants to all schemes are …
|
Post Office Horizon Inquiry (2023) | Accepted |
| POH-IR1-7 |
Amend Limitation Act to extend GLO deadline if needed
HM Government shall bring forward as soon as possible legislation amending section 11(3)(a) of the Limitation Act 1980 to allow payments of …
|
Post Office Horizon Inquiry (2023) | Accepted in Part |
| POH-IR1-8 |
Set agreed closing date for Horizon Shortfall Scheme applications
No applications for compensation to the Horizon Shortfall Scheme shall be entertained after such date as shall be agreed by the Minister, …
|
Post Office Horizon Inquiry (2023) | Accepted in Part |
| COVID-M1.1 |
Simplify Emergency Preparedness Structures
The governments of the UK, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland should each simplify and reduce the number of structures with responsibility for …
|
COVID-19 Inquiry (2024) | Accepted |
| COVID-M1.2 |
Cabinet Office Leadership for Emergencies
The UK government should: abolish the lead government department model for whole-system civil emergency preparedness and resilience; and require the Cabinet Office …
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COVID-19 Inquiry (2024) | Accepted in Part |
| COVID-M1.3 |
Improved Risk Assessment Approach
The UK government and devolved administrations should work together on developing a new approach to risk assessment that moves away from a …
|
COVID-19 Inquiry (2024) | Accepted |
| COVID-M1.4 |
UK-wide Civil Emergency Strategy
The UK government and devolved administrations should together introduce a UK-wide whole-system civil emergency strategy (which includes pandemics) to prevent each emergency …
|
COVID-19 Inquiry (2024) | Accepted in Part |
| COVID-M1.5 |
Pandemic Data Systems and Research
The UK government, working with the devolved administrations, should establish mechanisms for the timely collection, analysis, secure sharing and use of reliable …
|
COVID-19 Inquiry (2024) | Accepted |
| COVID-M1.6 |
Triennial Pandemic Exercises
The UK government and devolved administrations should together hold a UK-wide pandemic response exercise at least every three years. The exercise should: …
|
COVID-19 Inquiry (2024) | Accepted |
| COVID-M1.7 |
Publish Exercise Reports and Lessons
For all civil emergency exercises, the governments of the UK, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland should each (unless there are reasons of …
|
COVID-19 Inquiry (2024) | Accepted |
| COVID-M1.8 |
Triennial Parliamentary Resilience Reports
The governments of the UK, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland should each produce and publish reports to their respective legislatures at least …
|
COVID-19 Inquiry (2024) | Accepted in Part |
| COVID-M1.9 |
External Red Teams for Resilience
The governments of the UK, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland should each introduce the use of red teams in the Civil Service …
|
COVID-19 Inquiry (2024) | Accepted |
| COVID-M1.10 |
Independent Statutory Resilience Body
The UK government should, in consultation with the devolved administrations, create a statutory independent body for whole-system civil emergency preparedness and resilience. …
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COVID-19 Inquiry (2024) | Under Consideration |
| COVID-M2.2 |
Devolved Nations SAGE Attendance
The Government Office for Science (GO-Science) should invite the governments of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to nominate a small number of …
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COVID-19 Inquiry (2025) | Accepted |
| COVID-M2.3 |
UK-wide Expert Register
The Government Office for Science (GO-Science) should develop and maintain a register of experts across the four nations of the UK who …
|
COVID-19 Inquiry (2025) | Accepted |
| COVID-M2.4 |
Publish Technical Advice During Emergencies
During a whole-system civil emergency, the UK government and devolved administrations should each routinely publish technical advice on scientific, economic and social …
|
COVID-19 Inquiry (2025) | Accepted |
| COVID-M2.5 |
Advisory Group Terms of Appointment
The Government Office for Science (GO-Science), the Scottish Government, the Welsh Government and the Department of Health (Northern Ireland) should each develop …
|
COVID-19 Inquiry (2025) | Accepted |
| COVID-M2.6 |
Enact Socio-economic Duty
The UK government should bring into force in England section 1 of the Equality Act 2010, implementing the socio-economic duty. The Northern …
|
COVID-19 Inquiry (2025) | Accepted |
| COVID-M2.7 |
Statutory Child Rights Impact Assessments
The UK government should introduce legislation to place child rights impact assessments on a statutory footing in England. The Northern Ireland Executive …
|
COVID-19 Inquiry (2025) | Under Consideration |
| COVID-M2.8 |
Vulnerable People Framework
The UK government, Scottish Government, Welsh Government and Northern Ireland Executive should each agree a framework that identifies people who would be …
|
COVID-19 Inquiry (2025) | Accepted |
| COVID-M2.10 |
Pandemic Decision-Making Framework
The UK government and devolved administrations should set out in future pandemic preparedness strategies how decision-making will work in a future pandemic. …
|
COVID-19 Inquiry (2025) | Accepted |
| COVID-M2.11 |
Leadership Succession Arrangements
The UK government and the devolved administrations should each establish formal arrangements for covering the roles of Prime Minister and First Minister …
|
COVID-19 Inquiry (2025) | Accepted |
| COVID-M2.12 |
Central Emergency Taskforces
The response to a future whole-system civil emergency should be coordinated via central taskforces in each of the UK, Scotland, Wales and …
|
COVID-19 Inquiry (2025) | Accepted |
| COVID-M2.14 |
Accessible Emergency Communications
The UK government and the devolved administrations should each develop action plans for how government communications will be made more accessible during …
|
COVID-19 Inquiry (2025) | Accepted |
| COVID-M2.15 |
Parliamentary Scrutiny of Emergency Powers
The UK government and devolved administrations should ensure that the draft affirmative procedure is the standard process for enacting substantial and wide-ranging …
|
COVID-19 Inquiry (2025) | Accepted in Part |
| COVID-M2.16 |
Civil Contingencies Act Review
The UK government should undertake a review of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 to assess its potential role in managing future civil …
|
COVID-19 Inquiry (2025) | Accepted |
| COVID-M2.17 |
Public Emergency Information Portal
The UK government, Scottish Government, Welsh Government and Northern Ireland Executive should develop an online portal for use in future civil emergencies, …
|
COVID-19 Inquiry (2025) | Accepted in Part |
| COVID-M2.18 |
Devolved Nations COBR Attendance
The UK government should invite the devolved administrations, as a matter of standard practice, to nominate relevant ministers and officials to attend …
|
COVID-19 Inquiry (2025) | Accepted |
| COVID-M2.19 |
Four Nations Pandemic Structure
While intergovernmental relations should be facilitated through COBR in the initial months of any future pandemic, the UK government and devolved administrations …
|
COVID-19 Inquiry (2025) | Accepted |
| COVID-M3.1 |
IPC Structures and Transmission Risk
The UK government must ensure that there is a body (equivalent to the UK Infection Prevention and Control Cell) in place ready …
|
COVID-19 Inquiry (2026) | No Published Response |
| COVID-M3.2 |
Visiting Restrictions Guidance
The UK government, Scottish Government, Welsh Government and Northern Ireland Executive should publish guidance for the implementation of visiting restrictions in hospitals …
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COVID-19 Inquiry (2026) | No Published Response |
| COVID-M3.3 |
Fit-Testing Preparedness
The UK government, Scottish Government, Welsh Government and Northern Ireland Executive should work with employers, including health boards and trusts, to review …
|
COVID-19 Inquiry (2026) | No Published Response |
| COVID-M3.4 |
Data Systems for High-Risk Individuals
The UK government, Scottish Government, Welsh Government and Northern Ireland Executive must ensure that health data and digital systems have the capability …
|
COVID-19 Inquiry (2026) | No Published Response |
| COVID-M3.5 |
Scale Up Urgent and Emergency Care
The UK government, Scottish Government, Welsh Government and Northern Ireland Executive, in conjunction with organisations responsible for delivering services, should plan for …
|
COVID-19 Inquiry (2026) | No Published Response |
| COVID-M3.6 |
Scale Up Hospital Capacity
The UK government, Scottish Government, Welsh Government and Northern Ireland Executive should work with trusts and health boards to ensure that pandemic …
|
COVID-19 Inquiry (2026) | No Published Response |
| COVID-M3.7 |
ICU Resource Allocation Framework
The UK government and devolved administrations should publish a UK-wide framework setting out ethical and operational principles to guide the allocation of …
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COVID-19 Inquiry (2026) | No Published Response |
| COVID-M3.8 |
Recording Healthcare Worker Deaths
The UK government, Scottish Government, Welsh Government and Northern Ireland Executive should work with their respective public health agencies and healthcare employers …
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COVID-19 Inquiry (2026) | No Published Response |
| COVID-M3.9 |
Standardised Advance Care Planning
The UK government, Scottish Government, Welsh Government and Northern Ireland Executive, working with trusts and health boards, should establish and promote one …
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COVID-19 Inquiry (2026) | No Published Response |
| COVID-M3.10 |
Healthcare Worker Support
The UK government, Scottish Government, Welsh Government and Northern Ireland Executive, working with healthcare employers and professional bodies, should put in place …
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COVID-19 Inquiry (2026) | No Published Response |
| COVID-M4.1 |
Establish Pharmaceutical Expert Advisory Panel
The UK government should establish a standing pharmaceutical expert advisory panel, in consultation with the Department of Health and Social Care and …
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COVID-19 Inquiry (2026) | No Response |
| COVID-M4.2 |
Formalise Community Vaccine Equity Networks
The UK government, Scottish Government, Welsh Government and Northern Ireland Executive should maintain networks with local communities to produce targeted vaccination strategies …
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COVID-19 Inquiry (2026) | No Published Response |
| COVID-M4.3 |
Improve Vaccine Uptake Monitoring and Evaluation
Each of the four UK public health or health security agencies should work together to: maintain accurate, UK-wide insight into the state …
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COVID-19 Inquiry (2026) | No Published Response |
| COVID-M4.4 |
Proportionate Access to Linked Healthcare Records
The UK government and devolved administrations should work together, with their respective health delivery services, to facilitate and coordinate regulatory bodies' access …
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COVID-19 Inquiry (2026) | No Published Response |
| COVID-M4.5 |
Reform Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme
The UK government must reform the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme as soon as possible. The reform should include as a minimum: increasing …
|
COVID-19 Inquiry (2026) | No Response |
| AC-1a |
Open Registration
The scheme be opened to registration to everyone who may be eligible.
|
Infected Blood Inquiry (2025) | Accepted |
| AC-1b |
Registration and Application Forms
There be forms (devised by IBCA) for people to register and apply for a core award and the supplementary awards with/without the …
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Infected Blood Inquiry (2025) | Accepted |