MACP-12 Response Historic

Adopt definition: "racist incident is perceived as racist by victim or witness

Recommendation

That the definition should be: "A racist incident is any incident which is perceived to be racist by the victim or any other person".

Published Evidence Summary
The following publicly available evidence relates to this recommendation:
No formal government response has been recorded for this recommendation. No independent verification has been carried out.
Sources
Based on tracking data in the inquiry database.
How was this evidence gathered?
Evidence searched by baseline-data-v1 on 26 May 2026
Checked data held on this site (government responses, progress updates, independent evidence)
This recommendation asks for cultural or behavioural change, which is difficult to verify from published sources alone. The evidence above reflects policy commitments rather than measured outcomes.
Jurisdiction
UK-wide
Response
Historic

No government response recorded.

Source
Report Macpherson Inquiry — Final Report 24 Feb 1999
Recommendation age 27.3 yrs
Last formal update No formal updates