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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	95
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	15
Morecambe Bay Investigation	44	44
Brook House Inquiry	33	28
Bichard Inquiry	31	31
Angiolini Inquiry	30	16
Post Office Horizon Inquiry	27	25
Jermaine Baker Inquiry	26	22
Edinburgh Tram Inquiry	24	21
Daniel Morgan Panel	23	23
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
L35	Kite Mark for Trusted Journalism A new regulatory body should consider establishing a kite mark for use by members to establish a recognised brand of trusted journalism.	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted in Part
L36	Code Review with Public Consultation A regulatory body should consider engaging in an early thorough review of the Code (on which the public should be engaged and …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted in Part
L37	Pre-litigation Complaints A regulatory body should be prepared to allow a complaint to be brought prior to commencing legal proceedings if so advised. Challenges …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted in Part
L38	Discriminatory Reporting Powers In conjunction with Recommendation 11 above, consideration should also be given to Code amendments which, while fully protecting freedom of speech and …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted in Part
L39	Ring-fenced Enforcement Fund A new regulatory body should establish a ring-fenced enforcement fund, into which receipts from fines could be paid, for the purpose of …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted in Part
L40	Public Advice and Warning Service A new regulatory body should continue to provide advice to the public in relation to issues concerning the press and the Code …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted in Part
L41	Strict Accountability for Published Material A new regulatory body should make it clear that newspapers will be held strictly accountable, under their standards code, for any material …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted in Part
L42	Public Interest Guidance A regulatory body should provide guidance on the interpretation of the public interest that justifies what would otherwise constitute a breach of …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted in Part
L43	Public Interest Record Keeping A new regulatory body should consider being explicit that where a public interest justification is to be relied upon, a record should …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted in Part
L44	Advisory Service on Public Interest A new regulatory body should consider whether it might provide an advisory service to editors in relation to consideration of the public …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted in Part
L45	Source Transparency A new regulatory body should consider encouraging the press to be as transparent as possible in relation to the sources used for …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted in Part
L46	Whistleblowing Hotline A regulatory body should establish a whistleblowing hotline for those who feel that they are being asked to do things which are …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted in Part
L47	Journalist Contract Protection The industry generally and a regulatory body in particular should consider requiring its members to include in the employment or service contracts …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted in Part
L52	ICO Balance of Public Interest In conjunction with the repeal of those procedural provisions, consideration should be given to the desirability of including in the Data Protection …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted in Part
L56	ICO Consult with CPS A new duty should be introduced (whether formal or informal) for the Information Commissioner's Office to consult with the Crown Prosecution Service …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted in Part
L58	ICO Policy on Press Regulation The Information Commissioner's Office should take immediate steps to prepare, adopt and publish a policy on the exercise of its formal regulatory …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted in Part
L59	ICO Good Practice Guidelines In discharge of its functions and duties to promote good practice in areas of public concern, the Information Commissioner's Office should take …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted in Part
L60	ICO Public Guidance The Information Commissioner's Office should take steps to prepare and issue guidance to the public on their individual rights in relation to …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted in Part
L61	ICO Advice for Data Subjects In particular, the Information Commissioner's Office should take immediate steps to publish advice aimed at individuals (data subjects) concerned that their data …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted in Part
L62	ICO Annual Report on Press The Information Commissioner's Office, in the Annual Report to Parliament which it is required to make by virtue of section 52(1) of …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted in Part
L63	ICO Adopt DPP Guidelines The Information Commissioner's Office should immediately adopt the Guidelines for Prosecutors on assessing the public interest in cases affecting the media, issued …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted in Part
L64	ICO Engage with Metropolitan Police The Information Commissioner's Office should take immediate steps to engage with the Metropolitan Police on the preparation of a long-term strategy in …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted in Part
L65	ICO Specialist Knowledge Review The Information Commissioner's Office should take the opportunity to review the availability to it of specialist legal and practical knowledge of the …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted in Part
L66	ICO Organisation Review The Information Commissioner's Office should take the opportunity to review its organisation and decision-making processes to ensure that large-scale issues, with both …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted in Part
L69	Review of Damages for Media Torts There should be a review of damages generally available for breach of data protection, privacy, breach of confidence or any other media-related …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted in Part
L82	Party Policy on Press Relations As a first step, political leaders should reflect constructively on the merits of publishing on behalf of their party a statement setting …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted in Part
F7	Clarity of values and principles All NHS staff should be required to enter into an express commitment to abide by the NHS values and the Constitution, both …	Mid Staffs Inquiry (2013)	Accepted in Part
F9	Fundamental standards of behaviour The NHS Constitution should include reference to all the relevant professional and managerial codes by which NHS staff are bound, including the …	Mid Staffs Inquiry (2013)	Accepted in Part
F10	Fundamental standards of behaviour The NHS Constitution should incorporate an expectation that staff will follow guidance and comply with standards relevant to their work, such as …	Mid Staffs Inquiry (2013)	Accepted in Part
F14	The nature of standards In addition to the fundamental standards of service, the regulations should include generic requirements for a governance system designed to ensure compliance …	Mid Staffs Inquiry (2013)	Accepted in Part
F15	The nature of standards All the required elements of governance should be brought together into one comprehensive standard. This should require not only evidence of a …	Mid Staffs Inquiry (2013)	Accepted in Part
F17	Responsibility for setting standards The NHS Commissioning Board together with Clinical Commissioning Groups should devise enhanced quality standards designed to drive improvement in the health service. …	Mid Staffs Inquiry (2013)	Accepted in Part
F20	Responsibility for regulating and monitoring compliance The Care Quality Commission should be responsible for policing the fundamental standards, through the development of its core outcomes, by specifying the …	Mid Staffs Inquiry (2013)	Accepted in Part
F21	Responsibility for regulating and monitoring compliance The regulator should have a duty to monitor the accuracy of information disseminated by providers and commissioners on compliance with standards and …	Mid Staffs Inquiry (2013)	Accepted in Part
F22	Responsibility for regulating and monitoring compliance The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence should be commissioned to formulate standard procedures and practice designed to provide the practical …	Mid Staffs Inquiry (2013)	Accepted in Part
F33	Interim measures Insofar as healthcare regulators consider they do not possess any necessary interim powers, the Department of Health should consider introduction of the …	Mid Staffs Inquiry (2013)	Accepted in Part
F34	Interim measures Where a provider is under regulatory investigation, there should be some form of external performance management involvement to oversee any necessary interim …	Mid Staffs Inquiry (2013)	Accepted in Part
F39	Use of information about compliance by regulator from: Complaints The Care Quality Commission should introduce a mandated return from providers about patterns of complaints, how they were dealt with and outcomes.	Mid Staffs Inquiry (2013)	Accepted in Part
F41	Use of information about compliance by regulator from: Patient safety alerts The Care Quality Commission should have a clear responsibility to review decisions not to comply with patient safety alerts and to oversee …	Mid Staffs Inquiry (2013)	Accepted in Part
F44	Use of information about compliance by regulator from: Media Any example of a serious incident or avoidable harm should trigger an examination by the Care Quality Commission of how that was …	Mid Staffs Inquiry (2013)	Accepted in Part
F45	Use of information about compliance by regulator from: Inquests The Care Quality Commission should be notified directly of upcoming healthcare-related inquests, either by trusts or perhaps more usefully by coroners.	Mid Staffs Inquiry (2013)	Accepted in Part
F48	Use of information about compliance by regulator from: Foundation trust governors and scrutiny committees The Care Quality Commission should send a personal letter, via each registered body, to each foundation trust governor on appointment, inviting them …	Mid Staffs Inquiry (2013)	Accepted in Part
F59	Care Quality Commission independence strategy and culture Consideration should be given to the introduction of a category of nominated board members from representatives of the professions, for example, the …	Mid Staffs Inquiry (2013)	Accepted in Part
F60	Consolidation of regulatory functions The Secretary of State should consider transferring the functions of regulating governance of healthcare providers and the fitness of persons to be …	Mid Staffs Inquiry (2013)	Accepted in Part
F75	Enhancement of role of governors The Council of Governors and the board of each foundation trust should together consider how best to enhance the ability of the …	Mid Staffs Inquiry (2013)	Accepted in Part
F79	Accountability of providers' directors There should be a requirement that all directors of all bodies registered by the Care Quality Commission as well as Monitor for …	Mid Staffs Inquiry (2013)	Accepted in Part
F80	Accountability of providers' directors A finding that a person is not a fit and proper person on the grounds of serious misconduct or incompetence should be …	Mid Staffs Inquiry (2013)	Accepted in Part
F84	Accountability of providers' directors Where the contract of employment or appointment of an executive or non-executive director is terminated in circumstances in which there are reasonable …	Mid Staffs Inquiry (2013)	Accepted in Part
F87	Ensuring the utility of a health and safety function in a clinical setting The Health and Safety Executive is clearly not the right organisation to be focusing on healthcare. Either the Care Quality Commission should …	Mid Staffs Inquiry (2013)	Accepted in Part
F88	Information sharing The information contained in reports for the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations should be made available to healthcare regulators …	Mid Staffs Inquiry (2013)	Accepted in Part

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