Public Inquiry Recommendations

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What these recommendations are about — IICSA

Report published 2019 — 107 recommendations across this inquiry.
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22 Noted
IICSA (2018)
National chaperone policy for healthcare (England)
The Chair and Panel recommend that the Department of Health and Social Care develops a national policy for the training and use of chaperones in the treatment of children in …
95 Noted
IICSA (2018)
CICA specialist caseworker training
The Chair and Panel recommend that CICA ensures that claims relating to child sexual abuse are only considered by caseworkers who have specific and detailed training in the nature and …
70 Noted
IICSA (2019)
Include clergy in position of trust definition
The government should amend Section 21 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 so as to include clergy within the definition of a position of trust. This would criminalise under s16-s20 …
80 Noted
IICSA (2019)
National register of public liability insurance
The Department for Work and Pensions should work with the Association of British Insurers to introduce a national register of public liability insurance policies. The register should provide details of …
97 Noted
IICSA (2019)
Clarify Compensation Act on apologies
The government should introduce legislation revising the Compensation Act 2006 to clarify that section 2 facilitates apologies or offers of treatment or other redress to victims and survivors of child …
98 Noted
IICSA (2019)
Increase use of criminal compensation orders
The Ministry of Justice should consult with the Sentencing Council, the Judicial College, the Crown Prosecution Service and other relevant bodies, in order to increase the use of CCOs, where …
37 Noted
IICSA (2020)
Westminster whistleblowing policies for CSA
Government, political parties and other Westminster institutions must have whistleblowing policies and procedures which cover child sexual abuse and exploitation. Every employee must be aware that they can raise any …
38 Noted
IICSA (2020)
Government department safeguarding policy reviews
The Cabinet Office must ensure that each government department reviews its child safeguarding policy or policies in light of the expert witness report of Professor Thoburn. There must also be …
99 Noted
IICSA (2020)
Honours forfeiture for CSA convictions
The criteria for forfeiture of all honours must be formally extended to include convictions, cautions and cases decided by trial of the facts involving offences of child sexual abuse. This …
100 Noted
IICSA (2020)
Posthumous honours forfeiture policy
The Cabinet Office should re-examine the policy on posthumous forfeiture, in order to consider the perspectives of victims and survivors of child sexual abuse.
71 Noted
IICSA (2020)
Pre-screen material before upload
The government should require industry to pre-screen material before it is uploaded to the internet to prevent access to known indecent images of children.
105 Noted
IICSA (2020)
WeProtect international action on CSAM
The government should press the WeProtect Global Alliance to take more action internationally to ensure that those countries hosting indecent images of children implement legislation and procedures to prevent access …
106 Noted
IICSA (2020)
Online age verification legislation
The government should introduce legislation requiring providers of online services and social media platforms to implement more stringent age verification techniques on all relevant devices.
1 Noted
IICSA (2022)
Collect disaggregated CSE data
Police forces and local authorities in England and Wales must collect data on all cases of known or suspected child sexual exploitation and child sexual exploitation by networks. These data …
9 Noted
IICSA (2022)
Mandatory aggravating factor for CSE offences
The government should amend the Sentencing Act 2020 to provide a mandatory aggravating factor in sentencing in the case of the commission of an offence under Part 1 of the …