Compliance
Recommendations related to compliance
14
Recommendations
93% accepted
Government Response
Accepted (7)Accepted in Part (6)Awaiting Response (1)
Recommendations in This Theme
recommendation across 8 inquiries
Across 8 inquiries
Tagged Recommendations
14 total
CR17
Response Pending
Cranston Inquiry
Protocol for duty to assist referrals
HM Coastguard and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency should establish a protocol for referrals by HM Coastguard to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency's regulatory compliance investigations team, identifying the threshold …
Maritime and Coastguard …
P1-15
Accepted
Fuller Inquiry
Treat HTA compliance as Trust statutory responsibility
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust should treat compliance with Human Tissue Authority standards as a statutory responsibility for the Trust, notwithstanding the fact that the formal responsibility under the …
- MTW Trust stated in February 2024 that HTA compliance is now treated as a statutory responsibility at board level (MTW Trust Assurance Statement, February …
Maidstone and Tunbridge …
P2-55
Accepted in Part
Fuller Inquiry
Unlicensed body stores prepared for HTA compliance
Local authorities providing an unlicensed body store must be prepared to comply with the Human Tissue Authority's standards and guidance where applicable, in the event that a Human Tissue Authority …
- The government stated in December 2025 that this recommendation on bringing unlicensed body stores into compliance was accepted in principle. Full government response due …
Ministry of Housing, Com…
FR-10
Accepted in Part
IICSA
Improve DBS Referral Compliance
The Inquiry recommends that the UK government takes steps to improve compliance by regulated activity providers with their statutory duty to refer concerns about the suitability of individuals to work …
- In May 2023, the government accepted this recommendation, stating it would work with regulators to improve compliance with the statutory duty to refer to …
UK Government
49
Accepted
IICSA
Catholic non-compliance framework
The Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales and the Conference of Religious should publish a clear framework for dealing with cases of non-compliance with safeguarding policies and procedures. That …
- On 30 September 2021, the Catholic Council for the Inquiry stated that the trustee bodies of all Catholic dioceses and religious orders were invited …
Catholic Bishops Confere…
RHI-23
Accepted
RHI Inquiry
Ministerial Notification of Approval Conditions
Ministers should always be advised of any conditions attached to the approval of a policy or project by the Department of Finance. The Department of Finance should also require, and …
- In October 2021, the NI Executive accepted this recommendation in full (NI Executive Response to RHI Inquiry, Department of Finance, October 2021). - The …
Department of Finance
5
Accepted
Paterson Inquiry
CQC assurance on MDT meetings
We recommend that CQC, as a matter of urgency, should assure itself that all hospital providers are complying effectively with up-to-date national guidance on MDT meetings, including in breast cancer …
- The government stated in December 2021 that the CQC had updated its inspection methodology to examine MDT functioning and compliance with national guidance (Government …
CQC
IHRD-7
Accepted
Hyponatraemia Inquiry
Monitoring Candour Compliance
Trusts should monitor compliance and take disciplinary action against breach.
- The Department of Health NI reported that compliance monitoring for the duty of candour was being considered (IHRD Implementation Programme, Department of Health NI, …
HSC Trusts
IHRD-77
Accepted
Hyponatraemia Inquiry
Trust Compliance Officer
Trusts should appoint a compliance officer to ensure compliance with protocol and direction.
- HSC Trusts reported that patient and public involvement arrangements had been strengthened (IHRD Implementation Programme, Department of Health NI, March 2018). - No independent …
HSC Trusts
IHRD-8
Accepted in Part
Hyponatraemia Inquiry
RQIA Compliance Review Powers
Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority ('RQIA') should review overall compliance and consideration should be given to granting it the power to prosecute in cases of serial non-compliance or serious and …
- The Department of Health NI stated in March 2018 that expanded oversight powers for RQIA were under consideration (IHRD Implementation Programme, Department of Health …
Department of Health NI
L20
Accepted in Part
Leveson Inquiry
Compliance Record Keeping
The Board should have both the power and a duty to ensure that all breaches of the standards code that it considers are recorded as such and that proper data …
- The Prime Minister stated on 29 November 2012 that he accepted the principles for independent self-regulation including record-keeping (Oral Statement to Parliament, Prime Minister's …
Press
L34
Accepted in Part
Leveson Inquiry
Compliance Reports and Senior Responsibility
In addition to Recommendation 10 above, a new regulatory body should consider requiring: (a) that newspapers publish compliance reports in their own pages to ensure that their readers have easy …
- The Prime Minister stated on 29 November 2012 that he accepted the principles for independent self-regulation (Oral Statement to Parliament, Prime Minister's Office, 29 …
Press
L9
Accepted in Part
Leveson Inquiry
Internal Governance Processes
The Board should require, of those who subscribe, appropriate internal governance processes, transparency on what governance processes they have in place, and notice of any failures in compliance, together with …
- The Prime Minister stated on 29 November 2012 that he accepted the principles for independent self-regulation including internal governance requirements (Oral Statement to Parliament, …
Press
BAHA-54
Accepted
Baha Mousa Inquiry
MATT 7 Take-up Recording
There needs to be better recording of the take-up of MATT 7 (and equivalent training) to avoid the need to rely upon Reception Staging and Onward Integration (RSOI) training in …
- The Defence Secretary stated on 8 September 2011 that the government accepted this recommendation and stated that better systems for recording MATT 7 completion …
Ministry of Defence