Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will respond to the Right Reverend James Jones's report on learning from those bereaved through the Hillsborough Disaster The Patronising Disposition of Unaccountable Power, published on 1 November 2017.

The points of learning made by Bishop James Jones in his report on the experiences of the Hillsborough families span a number of departments and organisations. The Home Office is coordinating the Government’s response to the report and is working closely with its partners in the relevant government departments and organisations to carefully consider the points of learning. It was important to await the conclusion of the criminal proceedings before progressing with certain elements of this work, to avoid any risk of prejudice to those proceedings. The last trial concluded in May 2021, and the Government is now working to fulfil its commitment to engage with the Hillsborough families, before publishing the Government’s overarching response to the Bishop’s report in due course.