Recommendation MAI-99: Review licensing guidance on event healthcare
From Manchester Arena Inquiry: Volume 2: Emergency Response, published 3 November 2022.
Recommendation
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities should review the guidance given to all licensing authorities on the decisions they make in relation to venues that hold events, and on what level of event healthcare services may be required at the events likely to be held at those venues. The guidance should indicate appropriate licence conditions to be used. The licensing authorities should then impose conditions accordingly or make those standards a requirement of meeting existing conditions.
In brief (written by this site)
The Cabinet Office recorded the recommendation as complete in February 2026, reporting that section 182 guidance accompanying the Licensing Act 2003 had been updated to include further information and an annex of resources on event healthcare provision (Cabinet Office, Feb 2026). It noted that wider work continues through a Department of Health and Social Care task and finish group, which includes Home Office officials, covering a set of related longer-term recommendations (Cabinet Office, Feb 2026).
Sources
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Government response
Accepted in full
Delivery
Cabinet Office says completed (27 February 2026)
The section 182 guidance that accompanies the Licensing Act 2003 has been updated to include further information around healthcare provision at events. An annex with helpful resources has also been added to the guidance. Rec 137 is part of a set of monitored recommendations reference MR21. This set of recommendations includes several longer term recommendations around health care provision at events and delivery is owned by DHSC who have set up a task and finish group. Home Office policy officials are members of that group and continue to contribute to the wider work.
Earlier statement on delivery (1)
Cabinet Office (14 November 2025)
The section 182 guidance that accompanies the Licensing Act 2003 has been updated to include further information around healthcare provision at events. An annex with helpful resources has also been added to the guidance. Rec 137 is part of a set of monitored recommendations reference MR21. This set of recommendations includes several longer term recommendations around health care provision at events and delivery is owned by DHSC who have set up a task and finish group. Home Office policy officials are members of that group and continue to contribute to the wider work.
From: Manchester Arena Inquiry Recommendations Dashboard, original version (data file)
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Who has spoken
- UK Government
Response - Cabinet Office
Delivery statement