National Recovery Guidance - Generic Issues- Reporting

Background and Context

Recommendation 81 of the Pitt Review stated there should be ‘an agreed framework, including definitions and timescales for local-central recovery reporting’. The Government accepted this recommendation and has since been developing a standard mechanism for recovery reporting to ensure that there is a common understanding between Government departments, the Government Offices/devolved administrations, and local responders, about what will be expected in terms of reporting during the recovery phase.

Recovery reporting principles

In order to ensure that these arrangements are as consistent and as straightforward for local responders to use as possible, they all operate according to a set of recovery reporting principles. These principles have been agreed between the relevant government departments giving guidance as to how the reporting framework will be activated, and the processes in place to alert localities to its activation.

Recovery reporting framework

The recovery reporting framework is the formal mechanism for local authorities to report information on the recovery phase of an incident to central government, through the Government Offices. The information provided will be used by central government to inform ministerial decision making. The flow of information will be two-way and will also be collated and used to provide an overview of the national situation to the regions.

The recovery reporting framework is intended to be fluid and responsive to needs and will be subject to change and improvement as we learn from real incidents.

Useful Links

• Chapter 5 of Emergency Response and Recovery contains guidance on the recovery phase of emergencies, including reporting.