Recommendation MAI-16: BTP coordination with Home Office police services
From Manchester Arena Inquiry: Volume 2: Emergency Response, published 3 November 2022.
Recommendation
British Transport Police should work with the Home Office police services with which it shares policing responsibilities at or for a particular location: a. to agree which police service has primacy in the event of a Major Incident; b. to put in place appropriate plans to make clear the responsibilities of each police service in the event of a Major Incident; c. to conduct regular exercises, including joint exercises, to test those plans; and d. to ensure that all police officers and police staff are adequately trained in what will be required of them.
In brief (written by this site)
The Inquiry recommended British Transport Police (BTP) coordinate major incident planning with local forces. In February 2026, the Cabinet Office pointed to new national command guidance but stated that the force's jurisdiction is "too extensive to have bespoke agreements in place for all stations and track", describing work on command arrangements while joint exercises and staff training are not mentioned in the sources (Cabinet Office, Feb 2026). Earlier, in November 2025, the UK Government recorded that the recommendation was accepted in full (Cabinet Office response, Nov 2025).
AI-generated summary of the record on this page, checked by a second model and automatic checks, 5 Oct 2026. The record below is the sources' own words.
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Government response
Accepted in full
Delivery
Cabinet Office says completed (27 February 2026)
New Command and Control National Guidance-Please see recommendation 58 This duplicates some of the work covered as per V1 MR9. BTPs jurisdiction is too extensive to have bespoke agreements in place for all stations and track.
Earlier statement on delivery (1)
Cabinet Office (14 November 2025)
New Command and Control National Guidance-Please see recommendation 58 This duplicates some of the work covered as per V1 MR9. BTPs jurisdiction is too extensive to have bespoke agreements in place for all stations and track.
From: Manchester Arena Inquiry Recommendations Dashboard, original version (data file)
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Summary by this site of the published finding
JESIP Joint Doctrine updated to v3.1 (April 2024) following inquiry findings on interoperability failures. Operation Plato reformed to cover all terrorist attack types, not just firearms. Emphasis extended beyond command-level to frontline responders.
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Who has spoken
- UK Government
Response - Cabinet Office
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