BAHA-62
Response
Accepted
DISC Materials Management
Recommendation
DISC should take immediate remedial action to ensure that: (1) old versions of interrogation branch teaching materials are retained but archived separately; (2) interrogation branch teaching materials are always dated; (3) when legal advice or policy changes require changes to materials, the changes are checked for accuracy and made consistently.
Published Evidence Summary
The following publicly available evidence relates to this recommendation:
- The Defence Secretary stated on 8 September 2011 that the government accepted this recommendation and stated that DISC had implemented improved version control and archiving for teaching materials, including dating of materials and proper recording of legal advice and policy changes (Government Response to the Baha Mousa Inquiry, Ministry of Defence, September 2011).
- DISC internal processes are not publicly available for independent verification.
- DISC internal processes are not publicly available for independent verification.
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Jurisdiction
UK-wide
Response
Accepted
Response
Accepted
Accepted
Ministry of Defence
08 Sep 2011
Accepted. DISC has implemented improved version control and archiving for teaching materials.
Source
Inquiry
Baha Mousa Inquiry
Report
The Report of the Baha Mousa Inquiry - Volume III
08 Sep 2011
Responsible Bodies
Ministry of Defence
Primary
Themes & Tags
Recommendation age
14.7 yrs
Last formal update
5014 days ago