- The Defence Secretary stated on 8 September 2011 that the government accepted this recommendation and that guidance had been updated to make clear that placing any cover over a captured person's head is prohibited at any time for whatever purpose (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 absolute prohibition on hooding has been UK military policy since 1972 and was reinforced by the European Court of Human Rights judgment in Ireland v United Kingdom (1978) and reaffirmed in JDP 1-10 (JDP 1-10, Ministry of Defence).