TAYL-I10 Response Historic AI-assessed

Provide cutting equipment for perimeter fences, train users, senior police decide

Recommendation

Suitable and sufficient cutting equipment should be provided by the club at each ground where there are perimeter fences to permit the immediate removal of enough fencing to release numbers of spectators if necessary. Agreement should be reached as to whether the equipment should be used by police, the fire brigade or stewards. Whoever is to use it should be trained to do so. Whether to use it should be a decision of a nominated senior police officer at the ground.

Published Evidence Summary
The following publicly available evidence relates to this recommendation:
No specific published evidence has been identified detailing the provision of suitable and sufficient cutting equipment at grounds with perimeter fences for emergency spectator release, or agreements on its use and training. A general topic search for 'suitable sufficient cutting' on gov.uk yielded many results, but no specific documents addressing this recommendation were provided. The legislation.gov.uk search for 'Taylor Inquiry' also returned no results.
How was this assessed?
Assessed by gemini-2.5-flash on 19 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
This recommendation requires implementation across many organisations. The assessment reflects central policy response, not adoption in individual organisations.
Jurisdiction
UK-wide
Response
Historic

No government response recorded.

Source
Report Taylor Inquiry — Interim Report 29 Jan 1990
Recommendation age 36.1 yrs
Last formal update No formal updates