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• Recommendation published by Inquiry

• After 3 months: 1st letter
The Inquiry will send a letter noting the Inquiry's expectation that the
institution publishes its response within six months.

• After 6 months: 2nd letter
If a response is not published, the Inquiry will send a further letter noting the
Inquiry's expectations that the institution will publish a response imminently.
• After 7 months: 3rd letter
If a response is not published, the Inquiry will send a third letter noting the
Inquiry's disappointment that the institution has not yet published its response.
The Inquiry will publicly state that it has written to the institution.
• After 9 months: Request for statement under Rule 9 of the Inquiry Rules
If a response has not been published, the Inquiry will request a statement from
the institution which sets out their reasons for not having published any
response. The Inquiry will publicly state that it has requested this information
and the response received will be published on the Inquiry's website.

• After 12 months: Witness statement required under the Inquiries Act
If an institution fails to provide the requested statement and has not otherwise
published an adequate response, the Inquiry's Chair, Professor Alexis Jay
OBE, will exercise her powers under section 21 of the Inquiries Act 2005 to
require a witness to provide a statement. The Inquiry will publicly state that it
has taken this action and the response received will be published on the
Inquiry's website.
IICSA, ‘Process for monitoring responses to Inquiry recommendations’

6.12 The Working Party agrees that this method of monitoring has considerable
attraction, given the continuity that it provides between the formulation and
the evaluation of recommendations and the transparent, open nature of
scrutiny. The Working Party recommends that where the timescale allows,
public inquiries should incorporate a formal process for tracking the steps

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