Policy paper

Hillsborough disaster report: government response

Response to Bishop James Jones' independent report on the families' experiences following the Hillsborough disaster.

• From: Home Office
• Published: 6 December 2023
• Last updated: 13 December 2023 — See all updates

This was published under the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

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A Hillsborough legacy: the government's response to Bishop James Jones' report (accessible)

Ref: ISBN 978-1-5286-3338-3, E02749707 12/23, CP 990

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In 2017, Bishop James Jones published a report on the experiences of the families of the 97 people killed in the Hillsborough disaster in 1989.

This is the government response to his report. The response includes:

• the government signing a charter for families bereaved through public tragedy - to be known as the Hillsborough Charter
• introducing legislation for an organisational duty of candour for policing - part of the code of practice for ethical policing laid in Parliament on 6 December 2023

The Chief Coroner response to the report was also published on 6 December 2023.

The national police response was published on 31 January 2023.

Published 6 December 2023
Last updated 13 December 2023 + show all updates

1. 13 December 2023

   Accessible version added.

2. 6 December 2023

   First published.