TAYL-F21
Response
Historic
Provide trained personnel and cutting equipment for immediate perimeter fence removal
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 of actions taken to provide trained personnel and cutting equipment for immediate perimeter fence removal has been identified in the provided official sources. While broad searches on gov.uk for 'provide trained personnel' yielded numerous results, no specific policy, guidance, or legislation directly addressing this recommendation was found. The legislation.gov.uk search for 'Taylor Inquiry' also returned no results.
How was this assessed?
Assessed by gemini-2.5-flash on 24 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
Response
HistoricNo government response recorded.
Recommendation age
36.2 yrs
Last formal update
No formal updates