Action-Based Categories (ChatGPT 4-o used to identify categories):
- Law & Regulation – Changes in legal frameworks, policies, and compliance rules.
- Enforcement & Compliance – Strengthening or adjusting enforcement mechanisms.
- Accountability & Oversight – Who is responsible and how they are monitored.
- Governance & Structure – Organizational, management, and leadership changes.
- Processes & Procedures – Internal workflows, operational protocols, and best practices.
- Training & Education – Learning, qualifications, and professional development.
- Documentation & Records – Record-keeping, reporting standards, and data retention.
- Technology & Systems – IT, software, tracking systems, and digital transformation.
- Communication & Reporting – How information is shared internally and externally.
- Funding & Resources – Budget allocations, financial support, and resource planning.
- Emergency & Risk Management – Crisis handling, mitigation strategies, and safety planning.
- Audits & Reviews – Evaluations, performance assessments, and feedback loops.
- Infrastructure & Facilities – Physical buildings, equipment, and safety improvements.
- Investigation & Redress – Fact-finding, inquiries, and corrective actions.
- Support & Welfare – Assistance for affected individuals, victims, and communities.
- None Published – Recommended actions if they exist, have not been published or are not available.
Change Types:
- More – Increase in a particular activity or resource.
- Less – Decrease in a particular activity or resource.
- Different – Change in the nature or approach of a process.
- New – Introduction of a new system, policy, or procedure.
- Cease – Discontinuation of a practice or activity.
- None – No (published) recommendations.
Story behind the graph:
UK public inquiries were created after the inquiries act 2005. They are a way for the government to investigate when something very serious has happened that concerns the public. E.g. Grenfell fire, Manchester arena attack, infected blood.
They are required to make recommendations however the reports have been inconsistent in their format, often put on separate web domains in non-machine readable PDFs. Overall this has improved over time and reports from 2024 onwards will have an official dashboard on their recommendation and government response page. I started this work before that was published and covers older reports.
I've compiled the recommendations for inquiries from 2005(first published 2010) up to reports published in 2024. See List of UK public inquiries. I assigned an action category to each and a change type.
This bar graph is an aggregate of action categories and change types across the inquiries.
I'm still working to crowd source the outcome for each recommendation which is more challenging.
Full sortable list of recommendations, links to all included reports and other charts can be found on my github page
More info on Sophie-Lynne.com/projects
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