Public Inquiries
Collection total increased from 3,684 to 3,692 (net increase: 8).
Newest source date advanced from 1 October 2026 to 20 October 2026.
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Public Inquiries
Collection total increased from 3,669 to 3,684 (net increase: 15).
Public Inquiries
Collection total increased from 3,621 to 3,669 (net increase: 48).
Public Inquiries
Collection total increased from 3,153 to 3,621 (net increase: 468).
Public Inquiries
Collection total increased from 3,123 to 3,153 (net increase: 30).
Public Inquiries
Collection total increased from 3,035 to 3,123 (net increase: 88).
Public Inquiries
Newest source date advanced from 15 September 2026 to 1 October 2026.
Public Inquiries
Collection total increased from 2,990 to 3,035 (net increase: 45).
Public Inquiries
Collection total increased from 2,913 to 2,990 (net increase: 77).
Public Inquiries
Collection total increased from 2,899 to 2,913 (net increase: 14).
Inquiry source activity
The latest 50 government response records and implementation updates across tracked public inquiries. Response records can include checks finding no published response.
20 October 2026
Mandatory End-of-Life Care Training
No formal government response published. The Welsh Government had not published a response to the Module 6 report of 20 October 2026 when its page of responses to the UK …
Welsh Government
Mandatory End-of-Life Care Training
No formal government response published. The Scottish Government had not published a response to the Module 6 report of 20 October 2026 when its collection of responses to the UK …
Scottish Government
Mandatory End-of-Life Care Training
No formal government response published. The Northern Ireland Executive had not published a response to the Module 6 report of 20 October 2026 when the Executive Office's publications list was …
Northern Ireland Executive
Data on Deaths of Social Care Workers
No formal government response published. The Welsh Government had not published a response to the Module 6 report of 20 October 2026 when its page of responses to the UK …
Welsh Government
Data on Deaths of Social Care Workers
No formal government response published. The Scottish Government had not published a response to the Module 6 report of 20 October 2026 when its collection of responses to the UK …
Scottish Government
Data on Deaths of Social Care Workers
No formal government response published. The Northern Ireland Executive had not published a response to the Module 6 report of 20 October 2026 when the Executive Office's publications list was …
Northern Ireland Executive
Regulatory Inspection Protocols in an Emergency
No formal government response published. The Welsh Government had not published a response to the Module 6 report of 20 October 2026 when its page of responses to the UK …
Welsh Government
Regulatory Inspection Protocols in an Emergency
No formal government response published. The Scottish Government had not published a response to the Module 6 report of 20 October 2026 when its collection of responses to the UK …
Scottish Government
Regulatory Inspection Protocols in an Emergency
No formal government response published. The Northern Ireland Executive had not published a response to the Module 6 report of 20 October 2026 when the Executive Office's publications list was …
Northern Ireland Executive
Care Home Visiting Restrictions Guidance
No formal government response published. The Welsh Government had not published a response to the Module 6 report of 20 October 2026 when its page of responses to the UK …
Welsh Government
Care Home Visiting Restrictions Guidance
No formal government response published. The Scottish Government had not published a response to the Module 6 report of 20 October 2026 when its collection of responses to the UK …
Scottish Government
Care Home Visiting Restrictions Guidance
No formal government response published. The Northern Ireland Executive had not published a response to the Module 6 report of 20 October 2026 when the Executive Office's publications list was …
Northern Ireland Executive
Financial Support for Care Staff to Self-Isolate
No formal government response published. The Welsh Government had not published a response to the Module 6 report of 20 October 2026 when its page of responses to the UK …
Welsh Government
Financial Support for Care Staff to Self-Isolate
No formal government response published. The Scottish Government had not published a response to the Module 6 report of 20 October 2026 when its collection of responses to the UK …
Scottish Government
Financial Support for Care Staff to Self-Isolate
No formal government response published. The Northern Ireland Executive had not published a response to the Module 6 report of 20 October 2026 when the Executive Office's publications list was …
Northern Ireland Executive
Isolation Facilities for Care Home Residents
No formal government response published. The Welsh Government had not published a response to the Module 6 report of 20 October 2026 when its page of responses to the UK …
Welsh Government
Isolation Facilities for Care Home Residents
No formal government response published. The Scottish Government had not published a response to the Module 6 report of 20 October 2026 when its collection of responses to the UK …
Scottish Government
Isolation Facilities for Care Home Residents
No formal government response published. The Northern Ireland Executive had not published a response to the Module 6 report of 20 October 2026 when the Executive Office's publications list was …
Northern Ireland Executive
Pandemic Planning for Adult Social Care
No formal government response published. The Welsh Government had not published a response to the Module 6 report of 20 October 2026 when its page of responses to the UK …
Welsh Government
Pandemic Planning for Adult Social Care
No formal government response published. The Scottish Government had not published a response to the Module 6 report of 20 October 2026 when its collection of responses to the UK …
Scottish Government
Pandemic Planning for Adult Social Care
No formal government response published. The Northern Ireland Executive had not published a response to the Module 6 report of 20 October 2026 when the Executive Office's publications list was …
Northern Ireland Executive
16 October 2026
Reform Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme
Words of: UK government (Department of Health and Social Care), UK government response to the Covid-19 Inquiry Module 4 report (CP 1684), 16 October 2026
The government is grateful to everyone who came forward to be vaccinated and played their part in keeping people safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. We take the findings of the …
Department of Health and Social Care
Proportionate Access to Linked Healthcare Records
Words of: UK government (Department of Health and Social Care), UK government response to the Covid-19 Inquiry Module 4 report (CP 1684), 16 October 2026
The UK government agrees that faster, more reliable access to linked health data across the UK would significantly strengthen MHRA’s ability to identify, investigate and monitor potential safety conce
Department of Health and Social Care
Improve Vaccine Uptake Monitoring and Evaluation
Words of: UK government (Department of Health and Social Care), UK government response to the Covid-19 Inquiry Module 4 report (CP 1684), 16 October 2026
The government agrees that effective monitoring and evaluation of vaccination uptake, confidence and delivery is essential to improving health outcomes for all vaccine-preventable diseases. There are
Department of Health and Social Care
Formalise Community Vaccine Equity Networks
Words of: UK government (Department of Health and Social Care), UK government response to the Covid-19 Inquiry Module 4 report (CP 1684), 16 October 2026
The government agrees with the Inquiry that trusted relationships with communities are important to improving vaccine uptake, reducing inequalities and supporting clear, targeted communications. We ag
Department of Health and Social Care
Establish Pharmaceutical Expert Advisory Panel
Words of: UK government (Department of Health and Social Care), UK government response to the Covid-19 Inquiry Module 4 report (CP 1684), 16 October 2026
The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated the critical importance of expert advice to inform government decision-making and the value of drawing on expertise from across science, academia and the life scienc
Department of Health and Social Care
15 October 2026
Proportionate Access to Linked Healthcare Records
Words of: Scottish Government, UK Covid-19 Inquiry Module 4 report: Scottish Government response, page 6, 15 October 2026
The Scottish Government accepts this recommendation in principle. The Scottish Government notes that this recommendation will require the leadership of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)
Scottish Government
Improve Vaccine Uptake Monitoring and Evaluation
Words of: Scottish Government, UK Covid-19 Inquiry Module 4 report: Scottish Government response, page 5, 15 October 2026
The Scottish Government accepts this recommendation in principle. The Scottish Government agrees that robust monitoring, evaluation and reporting arrangements are essential to understanding vaccine u
Scottish Government
Formalise Community Vaccine Equity Networks
Words of: Scottish Government, UK Covid-19 Inquiry Module 4 report: Scottish Government response, page 4, 15 October 2026
The Scottish Government accepts this recommendation. The Scottish Government recognises the Inquiry's finding that, while Scotland's Covid-19 vaccination programme achieved high levels of uptake over
Scottish Government
13 October 2026
Proportionate Access to Linked Healthcare Records
Words of: Welsh Government, UK Covid-19 Inquiry Module 4 report (Vaccines and therapeutics): Welsh Government response, 13 October 2026
4.1 The Welsh Government recognises the importance of ensuring that health data and digital systems can support the timely access to good quality data to facilitate safety monitoring. This must …
Welsh Government
Improve Vaccine Uptake Monitoring and Evaluation
Words of: Welsh Government, UK Covid-19 Inquiry Module 4 report (Vaccines and therapeutics): Welsh Government response, 13 October 2026
3.1 The Welsh Government recognises the importance of accurate, consistent information on vaccine uptake in supporting confidence. Good quality data is essential to understanding where uptake is lower
Welsh Government
Formalise Community Vaccine Equity Networks
Words of: Welsh Government, UK Covid-19 Inquiry Module 4 report (Vaccines and therapeutics): Welsh Government response, 13 October 2026
2.1 The Welsh Government fully recognises the importance of fair access to vaccines and trusted information. One of our key concerns is the divide in vaccination uptake between the most …
Welsh Government
7 October 2026
Proportionate Access to Linked Healthcare Records
Words of: Northern Ireland Executive, Executive Response to Module 4 Report October 2026, 7 October 2026
Accepted in Principle The DHSC and Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) are leading on the response to this recommendation. The Covid-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of
Northern Ireland Executive
Improve Vaccine Uptake Monitoring and Evaluation
Words of: Northern Ireland Executive, Executive Response to Module 4 Report October 2026, 7 October 2026
Accepted in Principle The Northern Ireland Executive already carries out a significant amount of work to monitor and evaluate vaccination uptake and delivery. England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ir
Northern Ireland Executive
Formalise Community Vaccine Equity Networks
Words of: Northern Ireland Executive, Executive Response to Module 4 Report October 2026, 7 October 2026
Accepted in Principle The Northern Ireland Executive are already acting to improve vaccine equity including through community engagement, tailored delivery models and work to understand and address b
Northern Ireland Executive
5 October 2026
Improve conditions for female officers
Words of: Cabinet Office, Angiolini Inquiry Recommendations Dashboard, October 2026 update
The NPCC Gender Porftolio continues to progress activity focused on improving working conditions for women in policing and addressing barriers to recruitment, retention and progression. The NPCC Gend
Cabinet Office
Remove barriers to reporting sexual offences by colleagues
Words of: Cabinet Office, Angiolini Inquiry Recommendations Dashboard, October 2026 update
Work continues nationally to strengthen reporting, investigation and victim support mechanisms, ensuring that complaints are managed appropriately and that complainants receive the necessary support t
Cabinet Office
Public commitment to anti-sexist anti-racist organisation
Words of: Cabinet Office, Angiolini Inquiry Recommendations Dashboard, October 2026 update
The NPCC issued a press release, in February 2025, committing to being anti-discriminatory marking this national commitment. Vast majority of forces have completed this recommendation in line with com
Cabinet Office
Stronger vetting aftercare and randomised re-vetting
Words of: Cabinet Office, Angiolini Inquiry Recommendations Dashboard, October 2026 update
This sub-recommendations has been addressed in the previous and revised versions of the Authorised Professional Practice on Vetting. The NPCC intend to use wider vetting reform work to maintain a …
Cabinet Office
Officers held to higher standard with fettered privacy rights
Words of: Cabinet Office, Angiolini Inquiry Recommendations Dashboard, October 2026 update
A new Code of Ethics has been published. Section 2 of the Code makes clear the high standards expected of those working in policing, and Section 3 notes that ‘being …
Cabinet Office
Strengthen information-sharing practices
Words of: Cabinet Office, Angiolini Inquiry Recommendations Dashboard, October 2026 update
The long-term solution is the migration of all forces to cloud based vetting management software platform CoreVet. This will enable national visibility of previous vetting applications and outcomes. F
Cabinet Office
Vetting Code compliance for officer transfers
Words of: Cabinet Office, Angiolini Inquiry Recommendations Dashboard, October 2026 update
This sub recommendation has been addressed through the Authorised Professional Practice on Vetting
Cabinet Office
Improve vetting decision-making quality and consistency
Words of: Cabinet Office, Angiolini Inquiry Recommendations Dashboard, October 2026 update
This sub recommendation has been addressed through the revised Authorised Professional Practice on Vetting The NPCC Vetting Hub was established in April 2026 and will provide increased capability to
Cabinet Office
Strengthen recruitment and vetting practices
Words of: Cabinet Office, Angiolini Inquiry Recommendations Dashboard, October 2026 update
A working group has been established with representatives from NPCC, the College of Policing, wider stakeholders and subject matter experts to identify options and develop the required evidence base.
Cabinet Office
In-person interviews and home visits for police candidates
Words of: Cabinet Office, Angiolini Inquiry Recommendations Dashboard, October 2026 update
In-person interviews are being carried out. Pilot activty has been undertaken to evaluate the use of home visits within police recruitment and vetting. Analysis of pilot findings being undertaken. T
Cabinet Office
Review sexual offence allegations against serving officers
Words of: Cabinet Office, Angiolini Inquiry Recommendations Dashboard, October 2026 update
Whilst this recommendation has been closed, work linked to this recommendation includes a new national vetting process, the Continuous Integrity Screening tool, which will be used to remove officers f
Cabinet Office
Public campaign on indecent exposure criminality
Words of: Cabinet Office, Angiolini Inquiry Recommendations Dashboard, October 2026 update
The government has worked with policing to highlight the seriousness of exposure and the ENOUGH campaign seeking to increase public awareness of abusive behaviours, including cyberflashing.
Cabinet Office
Research link between indecent exposure and contact offending
Words of: Cabinet Office, Angiolini Inquiry Recommendations Dashboard, October 2026 update
The Government has undertaken research into the offending patterns of individuals suspected of committing non-contact sexual offences. An update on this work will be provided in due course.
Cabinet Office
Fundamental review of masturbatory indecent exposure treatment
Words of: Cabinet Office, Angiolini Inquiry Recommendations Dashboard, October 2026 update
The Government has completed a review of the police responses to non-contact sexual offences, including masturbatory indecent exposure. An update on this work will be provided in due course.
Cabinet Office
Improve guidance and training on indecent exposure
Words of: Cabinet Office, Angiolini Inquiry Recommendations Dashboard, October 2026 update
In January 2025, the College of Policing published a new e-learning module for police forces, with supporting guidance, to cover the response and investigation of indecent exposure offending, as well
Cabinet Office