HIDD-4 Response Historic AI-assessed

Urgently ensure and document independent wire counts during testing procedures

Recommendation

BR shall urgently ensure that an independent wire count is carried out as a matter of practice during testing. It shall be the responsibility of the person in overall charge of testing to ensure and to document that an independent wire count has been done. This function may be delegated to works staff who did not do the work.

Published Evidence Summary
The following publicly available evidence relates to this recommendation:
No specific government response or implementation reports for the "Hidden Inquiry" or its recommendations were found in the provided public sources. Therefore, there is no publicly available evidence concerning the urgent implementation of independent wire counts during testing by BR, or the assignment of responsibility for this practice, in response to this recommendation.
How was this assessed?
Assessed by gemini-2.5-flash on 18 Mar 2026
Checked data held on this site (government responses, progress updates, independent evidence)
External sources searched: www.gov.uk, www.legislation.gov.uk, hansard.parliament.uk
Jurisdiction
UK-wide
Response
Historic

No government response recorded.

Source
Report Hidden Inquiry — Final Report 27 Sep 1989
Recommendation age 36.5 yrs
Last formal update No formal updates