Recommendation MAI-136: Awareness of specialist capabilities across services
From Manchester Arena Inquiry: Volume 2: Emergency Response, published 3 November 2022.
Recommendation
The Home Office, His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services, the College of Policing, the Fire Service College, the National Ambulance Resilience Unit and all local resilience forums should take steps to ensure, whether through multi-agency training and exercising or otherwise, that the members of each emergency service are aware of the specialist capabilities of every other emergency service.
In brief (written by this site)
In February 2026, the Cabinet Office reported that work remained in progress, stating that the recommendation was being considered alongside recommendations R132 to R139 on developing a healthcare standard for events and would be "included in scoping and writing stages, where appropriate" (Cabinet Office, Feb 2026). The UK Government had accepted the recommendation 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 in progress (27 February 2026)
This is considered as part of R132-R139 on developing a healthcare standard for events and will be included in scoping and writing stages, where appropriate.
Earlier statement on delivery (1)
Cabinet Office (14 November 2025)
This is considered as part of R132-R139 on developing a healthcare standard for events and will be included in scoping and writing stages, where appropriate.
From: Manchester Arena Inquiry Recommendations Dashboard, original version (data file)
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- UK Government
Response - Cabinet Office
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