COVID-M2.18
Response
Under Consideration
Devolved Nations COBR Attendance
Recommendation
The UK government should invite the devolved administrations, as a matter of standard practice, to nominate relevant ministers and officials to attend COBR meetings in the event of relevant whole-system civil emergencies that have the potential to have UK-wide effects.
Published Evidence Summary
The following publicly available evidence relates to this recommendation:
The COVID-19 Inquiry's Module 2 report, which includes this recommendation, was published on 20 November 2025. As of today's date (24 March 2026), no formal government response has been received, and no specific evidence of action relating to inviting devolved administrations to COBR meetings as standard practice has been identified in the publicly available sources provided.
How was this evidence gathered?
Evidence searched 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
Jurisdiction
UK-wide
Response
Under Consideration
Response
Under Consideration
Under Consideration
UK Government
20 Nov 2025
No government response yet received. Module 2 report published 20 November 2025.
Progress Timeline
Official Report
20 Nov 2025
Status: Pending. No government response yet received. Module 2 report published 20 November 2025.
Responsible Bodies
Cabinet Office
Primary
Themes & Tags
Recommendation age
0.3 yrs
Last formal update
20 Nov 2025