Vulnerable Groups

Recommendations related to vulnerable groups

6
Recommendations
83% accepted
Government Response
Accepted (4)Accepted in Part (1)Under Review (1)
Recommendations in This Theme

recommendation across 1 inquiry

Across 1 inquiry
COVID-19 Inquiry
Tagged Recommendations
6 total
COVID-M1.10 Under Consideration
COVID-19 Inquiry
Independent Statutory Resilience Body
The UK government should, in consultation with the devolved administrations, create a statutory independent body for whole-system civil emergency preparedness and resilience. The new body should be given responsibility for: …
- The available evidence indicates partial implementation through differing approaches. Scotland reported its action delivered and closed; the UK Government rejected the proposed statutory body …
Cabinet Office
COVID-M1.3 Accepted
COVID-19 Inquiry
Improved Risk Assessment Approach
The UK government and devolved administrations should work together on developing a new approach to risk assessment that moves away from a reliance on single reasonable worst-case scenarios towards an …
- The available evidence indicates partial implementation across the UK. Scotland reported its action delivered and closed in May 2026, while the latest cited UK …
Cabinet Office
COVID-M1.5 Accepted
COVID-19 Inquiry
Pandemic Data Systems and Research
The UK government, working with the devolved administrations, should establish mechanisms for the timely collection, analysis, secure sharing and use of reliable data for informing emergency responses, in advance of …
- The available evidence indicates partial implementation across the UK. Scotland reported its action delivered and closed, while the latest cited UK Government update still …
Cabinet Office
COVID-M1.6 Accepted
COVID-19 Inquiry
Triennial Pandemic Exercises
The UK government and devolved administrations should together hold a UK-wide pandemic response exercise at least every three years. The exercise should: test the UK-wide, cross-government, national and local response …
- The available evidence indicates partial implementation across the UK. Scotland reported its action delivered and closed, while the latest cited UK Government update still …
Cabinet Office
COVID-M1.8 Accepted in Part
COVID-19 Inquiry
Triennial Parliamentary Resilience Reports
The governments of the UK, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland should each produce and publish reports to their respective legislatures at least every three years on whole-system civil emergency preparedness …
- The available official evidence indicates that this recommendation has been implemented. Both the UK and Scottish Governments recorded their actions as delivered or closed, …
Cabinet Office
COVID-M2.8 Accepted
COVID-19 Inquiry
Vulnerable People Framework
The UK government, Scottish Government, Welsh Government and Northern Ireland Executive should each agree a framework that identifies people who would be most at risk of becoming infected by and …
- The UK government stated in its Module 2 response (25 March 2026) that it agrees with the importance of identifying and protecting those most …
Cabinet Office