Government response
Not tracked (historical inquiry)
Delivery
No statement from the addressee found
Recommendation 13: Informing prisoners about progress of requests
From Report of the Zahid Mubarek inquiry (Volumes I and II), published 29 June 2006.
Recommendation
The guidelines should require officers to keep prisoners informed of the progress of their requests, and if the request is refused, to notify prisoners of the reason for the refusal, unless security considerations or issues of confidentiality make that inappropriate.
Jurisdiction: UK-wide
Page: 458
Reference: Part 5, Chapter 55: Cell-sharing; recommendation follows paragraph 55.31
Government response
No government response to this recommendation is on the record yet.
Delivery
No statement on delivery from the addressee has been found in the sources searched (last checked 7 March 2026). This is separate from the response above.
Source
Inquiry
Zahid Mubarek Inquiry
Report
Report of the Zahid Mubarek inquiry (Volumes I and II)
29 Jun 2006
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Recommendation made
20.3 years ago