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Public Inquiry Recommendations

1,814 tracked recommendations 35 inquiries 45 match current filters

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

45 of 1,814

Code	Recommendation	Inquiry	Response
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
FR-5	Prohibit Pain Compliance Techniques The Inquiry recommends (as originally stated in its Sexual Abuse of Children in Custodial Institutions: 2009-2017 Investigation Report, dated February 2019) that …	IICSA (2022)	Not Accepted
24	Registration of children's home care staff The Chair and Panel recommend that the Department for Education introduces arrangements for the registration of staff working in care roles in …	IICSA (2018)	Not Accepted
25	Amendment of Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 The Chair and Panel recommend that the Home Office ensures that the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 is amended so that, where …	IICSA (2018)	Not Accepted
74	Joint inspection of Victims Code compliance The Chair and Panel recommend that the Ministry of Justice, Home Office and Attorney General commission a joint inspection of compliance with …	IICSA (2018)	Not Accepted
77	CSA experience for Chief Officer progression The Chair and Panel recommend that any police officer (or staff equivalent) who wants to progress to the Chief Officer cadre must …	IICSA (2018)	Not Accepted
94	CICA unspent convictions rule reform The Chair and Panel recommend that the Ministry of Justice revises Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority rules, so that awards are not automatically …	IICSA (2018)	Not Accepted
17	Prohibit pain compliance techniques The Chair and Panel consider that the use of pain compliance techniques should be seen as a form of child abuse, and …	IICSA (2019)	Not Accepted
18	Joint MoJ/DfE policy for children in custody The Chair and Panel recommend that the Ministry of Justice and the Department for Education share policy responsibility for managing and safeguarding …	IICSA (2019)	Not Accepted
34	DBS certificates for overseas work The Home Office should introduce legislation permitting the Disclosure and Barring Service to provide enhanced certificates to UK nationals and residents of …	IICSA (2020)	Not Accepted
35	Mandatory DBS for work with children overseas The Home Office should introduce legislation making it mandatory for: 1. all UK nationals and residents of England and Wales to provide …	IICSA (2020)	Not Accepted
71	Pre-screen material before upload The government should require industry to pre-screen material before it is uploaded to the internet to prevent access to known indecent images …	IICSA (2020)	Not Accepted
7	Introduce 28-day maximum time limit on detention The government must introduce in legislation a maximum 28-day time limit on any individual's detention within an immigration removal centre.	Brook House Inquiry (2023)	Not Accepted
19	Healthcare staff guidance and training on use of force incidents The Home Office must ensure that guidance is issued to healthcare staff in immigration removal centres clarifying their role in use of …	Brook House Inquiry (2023)	Not Accepted
30	Enhance Professional Standards Unit independence and seniority The Home Office must: take steps to enhance the independence of the Professional Standards Unit from the Home Office and the perception …	Brook House Inquiry (2023)	Not Accepted
L25	ICO and Regulatory Membership In any reconsideration of the powers of the Information Commissioner (or replacement body), power should be given to that body to determine …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Not Accepted
L26	Arbitration and Costs It should be open any subscriber to a recognised regulatory body to rely on the fact of such membership and on the …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Not Accepted
L48	Section 32 DPA Amendment The exemption in section 32 of the Data Protection Act 1998 should be amended so as to make it available only where: …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Not Accepted
L49	Narrow Section 32 Exemption Scope The exemption in section 32 of the Data Protection Act 1998 should be narrowed in scope, so that it no longer allows, …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Not Accepted
L51	Repeal Procedural Provisions The procedural provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998 with special application to journalism in: (a) section 32(4) and (5) (b) sections …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Not Accepted
L53	ICO Regard for Regulatory Membership Specific provision should be made to the effect that, in considering the exercise of any of its powers in relation to the …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Not Accepted
L54	Bring into Force Section 55 Penalties The necessary steps should be taken to bring into force the amendments made to section 55 of the Data Protection Act 1998 …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Not Accepted
L55	ICO Prosecution Powers Extension The prosecution powers of the Information Commissioner should be extended to include any offence which also constitutes a breach of the data …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Not Accepted
L57	Reconstitute ICO as Commission The opportunity should be taken to consider amending the Data Protection Act 1998 formally to reconstitute the Information Commissioner's Office as an …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Not Accepted
L67	Sentencing Guidelines for Data Offences On the basis that the provisions of s77-78 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 are brought into effect, so that …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Not Accepted
L68	PACE Amendments Consideration The Home Office should consider and, if necessary, consult upon: (a) whether paragraph 2(b) of Schedule 1 to the Police and Criminal …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Not Accepted
L70	Civil Justice Council Damages Review The Civil Justice Council should consider the level of damages in privacy, breach of confidence and data protection cases, being prepared to …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Not Accepted
L71	Aggravated and Exemplary Damages The Report of the Law Commission on Aggravated, Exemplary and Restitutionary Damages should be adopted in relation to its recommendations that legislation …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Not Accepted
L73	Civil Procedure Rules on Costs The Civil Procedure Rules should be amended to require the court, when considering the appropriate order for costs at the conclusion of …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Not Accepted
L74	Qualified One Way Costs Shifting In the absence of the provision of an approved mechanism for dispute resolution, available through an independent regulator without cost to the …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Not Accepted
F19	Gaps between the understood functions of separate regulators There should be a single regulator dealing both with corporate governance, financial competence, viability and compliance with patient safety and quality standards …	Mid Staffs Inquiry (2013)	Not Accepted
F61	Consolidation of regulatory functions A merger of system regulatory functions between Monitor and the Care Quality Commission should be undertaken incrementally and after thorough planning. Such …	Mid Staffs Inquiry (2013)	Not Accepted
F64	Authorisation of foundation trusts The authorisation process should be conducted by one regulator, which should be equipped with the relevant powers and expertise to undertake this …	Mid Staffs Inquiry (2013)	Not Accepted
F137	Intervention and sanctions for substandard or unsafe services Commissioners should have powers of intervention where substandard or unsafe services are being provided, including requiring the substitution of staff or other …	Mid Staffs Inquiry (2013)	Not Accepted
F145	Structure of Local Healthwatch There should be a consistent basic structure for Local Healthwatch throughout the country, in accordance with the principles set out in Chapter …	Mid Staffs Inquiry (2013)	Not Accepted
F183	Criminal liability It should be made a criminal offence for any registered medical practitioner, or nurse, or allied health professional or director of an …	Mid Staffs Inquiry (2013)	Not Accepted
F209	Registration of healthcare support workers A registration system should be created under which no unregistered person should be permitted to provide for reward direct physical care to …	Mid Staffs Inquiry (2013)	Not Accepted
F212	Training standards for healthcare support workers The code of conduct, education and training standards and requirements for registration for healthcare support workers should be prepared and maintained by …	Mid Staffs Inquiry (2013)	Not Accepted
F213	Training standards for healthcare support workers Until such time as the Nursing and Midwifery Council is charged with the recommended regulatory responsibilities, the Department of Health should institute …	Mid Staffs Inquiry (2013)	Not Accepted
BAHA-23	Ban Harsh Approach in Tactical Questioning The harsh approach should no longer have a place in tactical questioning. The MoD should forbid tactical questioners from using what is …	Baha Mousa Inquiry (2011)	Not Accepted
DM-9	Regulation of private investigators The Government should act on its stated intention in 2013 to require licensing measures, introduce legislation to ensure the creation and use …	Daniel Morgan Panel (2021)	Not Accepted
DM-10	Custodial sentences for data protection offences Given the potential seriousness of such offences, it is recommended that the Government take an early opportunity to amend the Data Protection …	Daniel Morgan Panel (2021)	Not Accepted
ICL-4	Independent Risk Assessment Audit The current risk assessment system should be improved by the addition of an independent audit process.	ICL Inquiry (2009)	Not Accepted
RHI-43	Independent Compliance Assessment In addition, the Northern Ireland Executive and Assembly ought, in the Inquiry's view, to give due consideration to an independent mechanism to …	RHI Inquiry (2020)	Not Accepted
12a	Suspension during investigation We recommend that if, when a hospital investigates a healthcare professional's behaviour, including the use of an HR process, any perceived risk …	Paterson Inquiry (2020)	Not Accepted