Recommendation MAI-37: Ensure GMP role cards are accessible
From Manchester Arena Inquiry: Volume 2: Emergency Response, published 3 November 2022.
Recommendation
Greater Manchester Police should ensure that its role cards are always immediately accessible to the officers who are to perform those roles.
In brief (written by this site)
The Cabinet Office reported in February 2026 that the recommendation was completed, relaying a National Police Chiefs' Council update that a new operational and tactical commander training curriculum had been agreed for local delivery across winter 2024 and would be underpinned by approved professional practice (Cabinet Office, Feb 2026). The UK Government had previously recorded its response to the recommendation as accepted in full in November 2025 (Cabinet Office response, Nov 2025).
AI-generated summary of the record on this page, checked by a second model and automatic checks, 26 Sep 2026. The record below is the sources' own words.
Government response
Accepted in full
Delivery
Cabinet Office says completed (27 February 2026)
NPCC Update: CTPHQ/Plato Recommendation Review-See recommendation 13 NPCC Update: New Operational and Tactical (Bronze and Silver) Commander's training - The new curriculum has been agreed and is set to be launched to forces for local delivery across Winter 2024. The course will be underpinned by the new Command and Control approved professional practice (APP) (recommendation 58) and updated Civil Contingencies APP (recommendation 72).
Earlier statement on delivery (1)
Cabinet Office (14 November 2025)
NPCC Update: CTPHQ/Plato Recommendation Review-See recommendation 13 NPCC Update: New Operational and Tactical (Bronze and Silver) Commander's training - The new curriculum has been agreed and is set to be launched to forces for local delivery across Winter 2024. The course will be underpinned by the new Command and Control approved professional practice (APP) (recommendation 58) and updated Civil Contingencies APP (recommendation 72).
From: Manchester Arena Inquiry Recommendations Dashboard, original version (data file)
Source
Responsible bodies
Who has spoken
- UK Government
Response - Cabinet Office
Delivery statement