Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine; Bebe King, six; and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven; died pursuing the onslaught astatine a Taylor Swift-themed creation people successful the seaside municipality connected July 29.
Here is what we cognize astir the enquiry truthful far, and the scope it volition have:
What is simply a nationalist inquiry?
Public inquiries are large investigations that person peculiar powers to summon witnesses to springiness grounds connected oath and to compel the accumulation of documents.
A statutory nationalist enquiry is usually acceptable up and funded by the authorities but is conducted arsenic an autarkic assemblage to analyse matters of nationalist concern.
Inquiries person addressed topics arsenic wide-ranging arsenic the UK’s effect to Covid, the Grenfell Tower fire, and the Post Office Horizon IT scandal.
Inquiries tin past for years, with millions of pounds often spent connected retaining ineligible counsel, bureau abstraction and a secretariat.
Statutory nationalist inquiries run successful enactment with the provisions of the Inquiries Act 2005 and the Inquiry Rules 2006.
Each nationalist enquiry begins erstwhile its presumption of notation are acceptable out.
Bebe King, six, Elsie Dot Stancombe, 7 and Alice da Silva Aguiar, 9 (Merseyside Police/PA)
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These are circumstantial instructions outlining the questions the enquiry should address, the types of accusation and feedback that the Government wants, and “often a consciousness of erstwhile the enquiry should contented its report”, according to the Institute for Government.
An enquiry volition usually marque recommendations to effort to forestall what has gone incorrect from happening again.
It is for the authorities to determine whether to judge an inquiry’s recommendations and however to instrumentality them forward.
What has been announced for Southport?
The Home Secretary announced connected Monday that determination volition beryllium a nationalist enquiry into however Rudakubana “came to beryllium truthful dangerous” and wherefore authorities anti-extremism strategy Prevent “failed to place the unspeakable risk” helium posed to others.
Yvette Cooper said the lawsuit was against a backdrop implicit a bid of years “in which increasing numbers of teenagers person been referred to Prevent, investigated by counter-terror police, oregon referred to different agencies amid concerns astir superior unit and extremism”.
The Home Secretary said “we request to look up to wherefore this has been happening and what needs to change”.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said determination were “grave questions” to reply astir however the authorities failed the Southport execution victims.
What interaction did Rudakubana person with the authorities?
The Home Secretary confirmed the 18-year-old had “contact with a scope of antithetic authorities agencies passim his teenage years”.
Rudakubana had been referred to Prevent 3 times earlier the murders owed to concerns astir his obsession with violence.
Axel Rudakubana, 18, who has pleaded blameworthy astatine Liverpool Crown Court to murdering 3 young girls, Bebe King, Elsie Dot Stancombe and Alice da Silva Aguiar (Merseyside Police/PA)
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He was archetypal referred to Prevent erstwhile helium was conscionable 13 years old, aft helium reportedly viewed worldly relating to US schoolhouse shootings.
In her statement, Ms Cooper said: “He was referred 3 times to the Prevent programme betwixt December 2019 and April 2021 aged 13 and 14.
“He besides had interaction with the police, the courts, the Youth Justice system, societal services and intelligence wellness services.
“Yet betwixt them, those agencies failed to place the unspeakable hazard and information to others that helium posed.”
Who runs the enquiry and however agelong volition it take?
Although initiated and funded by government, nationalist inquiries are tally independently.
Inquiries ever person a chairman, often a judge, appointed by the minister.
It is not yet known who volition seat the Southport inquiry.
What different reviews are being done?
The Home Secretary said the Home Office had commissioned an urgent Prevent Learning Review during the summertime into the 3 referrals that took spot and wherefore they were closed.
Announcing the nationalist inquiry, the Home Secretary said: “We volition people further details this week, alongside caller reforms to the Prevent programme.”
Merseyside Police said the Lancashire Child Safeguarding Partnership had commissioned an autarkic Child Safeguarding Practice Review to look astatine the roles of each the agencies progressive with Rudakubana, their enactment with him and his family.