Monitoring of Inquiry Recommendations
The Chair expects that all accepted recommendations are acted upon and implemented in a timely manner.
In the interest of transparency and openness, the Inquiry requests that the institution responsible for each recommendation publishes the steps they will take in response and the timetable for doing so.
Unless otherwise stated, institutions should do this within six months of the recommendation being published. The Inquiry has agreed an internal process to ensure effective monitoring of recommendations, which is detailed below.
The Inquiry will write to the institution asking it to publish its response within the next three months.
If a response is not published, the Inquiry will send a further letter asking the institution to publish a response imminently.
If a response is not published, the Inquiry will send a third letter noting the Inquiry’s disappointment that the institution has not yet published its response. The Inquiry will publicly state that it has written to the institution.
If a response has not been published, the Inquiry will request that the institution sets out their reasons for not having done so. The Inquiry will publicly state that it has requested this information and the response received will be published on the Inquiry’s website.
The UK Government and devolved administrations will publish updates detailing their progress in implementing the Inquiry’s recommendations on a twice-yearly basis. These updates will be published every May and November, commencing in November 2026. Each update will include progress across all modules that have reported, provided that a minimum of five months has passed between the initial Government response deadline and the next scheduled May/November cycle.