Disclosure
Recommendations related to disclosure
10
Recommendations
90% accepted
Government Response
Accepted (9)Under Review (1)
Recommendations in This Theme
recommendation across 5 inquiries
Across 5 inquiries
Tagged Recommendations
10 total
ETI-24
Under Consideration
Edinburgh Tram Inquiry
Duty of Disclosure Legislation
Scottish Ministers should consider the need for legislation to impose a similar duty of disclosure to that owed by policyholders to their insurers upon a company, its directors, employees or …
- In November 2023, the Scottish Government stated it was "giving careful consideration" to the recommendations about provisions for misleading evidence (Transport Secretary Statement on …
Scottish Government
DM-18
Accepted
Daniel Morgan Panel
Realistic timelines for non-statutory inquiries
Prior to the establishment of any future non-statutory inquiries or panel, there should be an honest and full discussion between the relevant police force(s) and the sponsoring Government department, to …
Government response: Accepted. No public evidence of delivery has been found.
Home Office
DM-19
Accepted
Daniel Morgan Panel
Timely access to material for panels
Arrangements must be made in future to ensure that any Panel has timely access to the material required to do its work. Organisations that promise to make 'exceptional and full …
Government response: Accepted. No public evidence of delivery has been found.
Home Office
DM-7
Accepted
Daniel Morgan Panel
CPS guidance on disclosure for profit
It is recommended that the Crown Prosecution Service's additional guidance should be amended to include a requirement that the Prosecutor should consider whether the information was disclosed with a view …
Government reports this recommendation as delivered. Status as of Government Response (June 2023): Completed.
Crown Prosecution Service
DM-8
Accepted
Daniel Morgan Panel
Guidance on disclosing material to journalists
Guidance should be issued by the Metropolitan Police to enable officers to determine whether it is appropriate, necessary and lawful to disclose investigative material to journalists. That guidance should include …
Government response: Accepted. No public evidence of delivery has been found.
Metropolitan Police Serv…
AS-1
Accepted
Al-Sweady Inquiry
Document Retention and Storage Policy
Consideration should be given to the establishment of a policy by the Ministry of Defence to ensure that all documents or other material, including electronic material, are retrieved from theatre …
Government response: Accepted. No public evidence of delivery has been found.
Ministry of Defence
L83
Accepted
Leveson Inquiry
Disclosure of Media Contacts
Party Leaders, Ministers and Front Bench Opposition spokesmen should consider publishing: (a) the simple fact of long term relationships with media proprietors, newspaper editors or senior executives which might be …
- The UK Government publishes quarterly ministerial transparency data including details of meetings between ministers and media proprietors, newspaper editors and senior media executives (GOV.UK, …
Politicians
L84
Accepted
Leveson Inquiry
Immediate Transparency Need
The suggestions that I have made in the direction of greater transparency about meetings and contacts should be considered not just as a future project but as an immediate need, …
- The UK Government has published quarterly ministerial transparency data continuously since 2010, including details of meetings with media proprietors, editors and senior executives (GOV.UK, …
Politicians
FP5
Accepted
Fingerprint Inquiry
Basis of conclusions
Experts should list all variables considered and state whether the conclusion has been reached through training and personal experience or on any other basis such as statistical analysis.
Government response: Accepted. No public evidence of delivery has been found.
SPA Forensic Services
FP60
Accepted
Fingerprint Inquiry
Disclosure of opinion basis - recording
Experts should record and properly disclose all of the basis of their opinion to enable a court to understand it and the defence to assess it.
Government response: Accepted. No public evidence of delivery has been found.
SPA Forensic Services