HIDD-11
Response
Historic
AI-assessed
Ensure independence of testing and commissioning engineers from new works staff
Recommendation
BR shall ensure that the Testing & Commissioning Engineer must be independent of the line of command between Area Signalling Engineer and new works staff, but able to call on new works staff to assist him in his testing duties.
Published Evidence Summary
The following publicly available evidence relates to this recommendation:
No specific publicly available evidence relating to the implementation of this recommendation has been identified in the provided official sources. General searches on GOV.UK for 'Hidden Inquiry recommendation implementation' and 'Hidden Inquiry government response' yielded broad results but no specific documents detailing actions for this recommendation. No relevant legislation was found on legislation.gov.uk.
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
Response
HistoricNo government response recorded.
Recommendation age
36.5 yrs
Last formal update
No formal updates