- The Defence Secretary stated on 8 September 2011 that the government accepted this recommendation and that the prohibition on hooding had been maintained and reinforced in all relevant doctrine and training (Government Response to the Baha Mousa Inquiry, Ministry of Defence, September 2011).
- Joint Doctrine Publication 1-10 (Captured Persons) was first published on 1 October 2011, shortly after the Baha Mousa Inquiry report (8 September 2011), and has since been updated to a Fourth Edition published 28 September 2020, incorporating lessons from the Baha Mousa and Al-Sweady inquiries as well as Supreme Court judgments (JDP 1-10, Fourth Edition, Ministry of Defence, September 2020).
- The prohibition on the use of hoods on captured persons has been UK military policy since 1972 and was reaffirmed as an absolute prohibition in JDP 1-10 (JDP 1-10, Ministry of Defence).