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Reports (1)

Title	Volume	Publication Date	Recommendations	Links
The Southport Inquiry Report: Phase 1 Volumes: The Southport Inquiry Report, Volume 1 (HC 1768-I) · PDF The Southport Inquiry Report, Volume 2 (HC 1768-II) · PDF	-	13 Apr 2026	67

Recommendations (1)

SP5

Accepted in part

Taxi company and school safeguarding arrangements

Recommendation

The Department for Transport should ensure that local authorities establish effective arrangements between licensed taxi companies and schools. These should enable school safeguarding teams to access taxi booking information where relevant to a legitimate safeguarding or risk concern relating to …

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In July 2026, HM Government stated that the Department for Transport partially accepted the recommendation and expected to complete significant elements by mid-2027 (Home Office response, Jul 2026). It stated that the department would work with other bodies to develop guidance on sharing booking data by mid-2027 and bring forward a draft bill for pre-legislative scrutiny, though full delivery remains subject to future primary legislation when parliamentary time allows (Home Office response, Jul 2026). The record holds no update since the government's response of July 2026 (Home Office response, Jul 2026).

Department for Transport · 02 Jul 2026 Accepted in part

Words of: HM Government, Government Response to Phase 1 of the Southport Inquiry (CP 1623), presented to Parliament by the Home Secretary, 2 July 2026

The Department for Transport (DfT) is the lead department and expects to complete significant elements of this recommendation by mid-2027, while the draft bill is subject to parliamentary timings. Progress and next steps: - DfT will work with Department for Education (DfE) and the Information Commissioner's Office to develop guidance on sharing of booking data between schools and private hire vehicle operators, which we expect to publish by mid-2027. - The draft Taxi and Private Hire Vehicle Bill will be brought forward for pre-legislative scrutiny during this Parliamentary session. - The draft Bill provides an opportunity to consider the full …

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Accepted 56

Accepted in part 1

Noted 3

For a later phase of the inquiry 7

Latest statement by addressee

No statement from Department for Education found in the sources searched: 10

No statement from Southport Inquiry Phase 2 found in the sources searched: 10; another body’s finding on record for 1

No statement from Lancashire Constabulary found in the sources searched: 7

No statement from Lancashire County Council found in the sources searched: 7

No statement from Home Office found in the sources searched: 6

Lancashire County Council says in progress: 5; another body’s finding on record for 1

No statement from Counter Terrorism Policing found in the sources searched: 4

No statement from Department of Health and Social Care found in the sources searched: 3

No statement from All police forces found in the sources searched: 2

No statement from Department for Transport found in the sources searched: 2

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust says in progress: 1

No statement from Amazon found in the sources searched: 1

No statement from Department for Science, Innovation and Technology found in the sources searched: 1

No statement from Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust found in the sources searched: 1

Home Office says in progress: 1

No statement from Law Commission found in the sources searched: 1; another body’s finding on record for 1

No statement from Merseyside Police found in the sources searched: 1

No statement from Metropolitan Police Service found in the sources searched: 1

No statement from NHS England found in the sources searched: 1

No statement from North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust found in the sources searched: 1

No statement from Youth Justice Board for England and Wales found in the sources searched: 1

"No statement found" means none was found in the sources searched, last checked 2 July 2026. Each figure is the latest statement from the body the recommendation is addressed to. Other bodies’ findings are shown on each recommendation and do not change these figures.

Data last updated: 15 Sep 2026 · Source

Checked against sources: 2 Jul 2026

About the blanket government response

The government's response to Phase 1 (CP 1623, 2 July 2026) agreed with all 67 recommendations in one sentence, and names only 39 of them individually. Where a recommendation is not named, the response shown is the passage the response gives for the group it belongs to (the recommendations for organisations outside central government, or the recommendations to policing bodies), which is not a response to that recommendation alone; the response does not list the members of any group. The 10 recommendations for Phase 2 of the Inquiry to consider show no response: the response introduces them (paragraph 20) but answers none of them. The government accepts the recommendations that are for central government to deliver. Where a recommendation is for an organisation outside central government, the government's agreement is not that organisation's acceptance.

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