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OWEN AUSTIN DONNELLY · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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Issued 17 Oct 2025•Manchester West

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Concerns
3

Raised in this report

Recipients
2

Named on the report

Responses found
1

Of 2 recipients

Stated actions
3

Described in responses

Recipients and published responses

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Concerns and recipient responses

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Concerns raised3

  1. Failure to criminalise possession of items enabling weapon construction
  2. Unrestricted internet access to information enabling construction of weapons
  3. Proliferation of unlicensed weapons
    Part of recurring concern: Inadequate controls on access to functional weapons
Responses linked to these concerns

Each statement is shown once, even when linked to more than one concern.

Actions described in response An action is something a recipient says it has done, is doing, or plans to do in response to a concern raised.1

  1. Action

    Enact legislation criminalising the import, manufacture, adaptation, supply, offering, and possession of specified items.

    Stated by Home OfficeStated plannedThe respondent said that this action was planned when they made their response on 23 October 2025.

Respondent positions A position is what a recipient says about a concern when it does not describe a specific action.1

  1. Position

    Existing legal controls and penalties are considered sufficient to address the concern about proliferation, regardless of the manufacturing method.

    Stated by Home OfficeExisting arrangements considered sufficientThe respondent said that existing arrangements were sufficient, so no further action was needed.

Source evidence

How this individual concern was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. Response links show a clear evidence connection; they do not assign responsibility.

PFD Monitor interpretation

Failure to criminalise possession of items enabling weapon construction

Wider context from the report

“1. The deceased was able research, access, download and then to make use of ████████ widely available on the internet, primarily from the United States, ████████ 2. The possession of ████████ that can enable an individual to construct a ████████ is not currently a criminal offence. 3. I heard evidence from a ████████ expert that there is an alarming proliferation of ████████ weapons within England and Wales, ████████ ████████ that are unlicensed and therefore increasingly available for criminal or nefarious purposes. 4. A Bill criminalising the possession of such ████████ is awaiting a second reading before Parliament. Until such time proposed legislation is enacted, there remains a real and immediate risk that individuals may access the internet ████████ ████████ ”

Is this part of a recurring concern?

No recurring-concern membership is currently published.

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Source evidence

How this individual concern was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. Response links show a clear evidence connection; they do not assign responsibility.

PFD Monitor interpretation

Unrestricted internet access to information enabling construction of weapons

Wider context from the report

“1. The deceased was able research, access, download and then to make use of ████████ widely available on the internet, primarily from the United States, ████████ 2. The possession of ████████ that can enable an individual to construct a ████████ is not currently a criminal offence. 3. I heard evidence from a ████████ expert that there is an alarming proliferation of ████████ weapons within England and Wales, ████████ ████████ that are unlicensed and therefore increasingly available for criminal or nefarious purposes. 4. A Bill criminalising the possession of such ████████ is awaiting a second reading before Parliament. Until such time proposed legislation is enacted, there remains a real and immediate risk that individuals may access the internet ████████ ████████ ”

Is this part of a recurring concern?

No recurring-concern membership is currently published.

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Source evidence

How this individual concern was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. Response links show a clear evidence connection; they do not assign responsibility.

PFD Monitor interpretation

Proliferation of unlicensed weapons

Wider context from the report

“1. The deceased was able research, access, download and then to make use of ████████ widely available on the internet, primarily from the United States, ████████ 2. The possession of ████████ that can enable an individual to construct a ████████ is not currently a criminal offence. 3. I heard evidence from a ████████ expert that there is an alarming proliferation of ████████ weapons within England and Wales, ████████ ████████ that are unlicensed and therefore increasingly available for criminal or nefarious purposes. 4. A Bill criminalising the possession of such ████████ is awaiting a second reading before Parliament. Until such time proposed legislation is enacted, there remains a real and immediate risk that individuals may access the internet ████████ ████████ ”

Is this part of a recurring concern?

Yes — Inadequate controls on access to functional weapons.

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Source evidence

How this respondent action was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the published response wording shown below.

PFD Monitor interpretation

Enact legislation criminalising the import, manufacture, adaptation, supply, offering, and possession of specified items.

Verbatim wording from the response

“I am able to confirm that all of your recommendations should be addressed before the New Year. Turning to your report, the first of your concerns was that ████████ are readily accessible on the internet to enable the construction of ████████. Your second concern was that the possession of such ████████ is not currently a criminal offence. These two concerns will be addressed by the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill, which is currently completing its passage through the House of Lords. Once enacted, the Bill will make it a criminal offence to import, make, adapt, supply, offer to supply and ████████ ████████ that can be used ████████.”

Source location

Response from Home Office
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Published 23 October 2025

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Source evidence

How this respondent position was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the published response wording shown below.

PFD Monitor interpretation

Existing legal controls and penalties are considered sufficient to address the concern about proliferation, regardless of the manufacturing method.

Verbatim wording from the response

“You were also concerned about the proliferation of ████████ It is already the case that a ████████. For the purposes of the ████████, the method of manufacture is immaterial.”

Source location

Response from Home Office
Page 1 · response
Published 23 October 2025

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Other statements in published responses

These actions and other statements could not be clearly connected to one concern in this report.

Recipient-stated actions An action is something a recipient says it has done, is doing, or plans to do in response to a concern raised.2

  1. 1

    Maintain constant review of controls relating to specified items.

    Stated by Home OfficeStated completedThe respondent said that this action was complete when they made their response on 23 October 2025.
  2. 2

    Operate a multi-agency response led by the National Crime Agency to address emerging threats through threat assessment, industry engagement, and forensic development.

    Stated by Home OfficeStated completedThe respondent said that this action was complete when they made their response on 23 October 2025.

Recipient positions A position is what a recipient says about a concern when they do not describe a specific action.1

  1. 1

    Existing controls and multi-agency arrangements are considered sufficient to respond to emerging threats through review, industry engagement and forensic development.

    Stated by Home OfficeExisting arrangements considered sufficientThe respondent said that existing arrangements were sufficient, so no further action was needed.

Source evidence

How this respondent action was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the published response wording shown below.

PFD Monitor interpretation

Maintain constant review of controls relating to specified items.

Verbatim wording from the response

“The Government keeps the controls on all ████████ under constant review. There is multi-agency response in place to address emerging issues relating to ████████ which is led by the National Crime Agency. This provides a forum for collaborative work which includes understanding the threat, industry engagement and forensics development, and ensures we are able to respond to new ████████ threats.”

Source location

Response from Home Office
Page 2 · response
Published 23 October 2025

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Source evidence

How this respondent action was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the published response wording shown below.

PFD Monitor interpretation

Operate a multi-agency response led by the National Crime Agency to address emerging threats through threat assessment, industry engagement, and forensic development.

Verbatim wording from the response

“The Government keeps the controls on all ████████ under constant review. There is multi-agency response in place to address emerging issues relating to ████████ which is led by the National Crime Agency. This provides a forum for collaborative work which includes understanding the threat, industry engagement and forensics development, and ensures we are able to respond to new ████████ threats.”

Source location

Response from Home Office
Page 2 · response
Published 23 October 2025

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Source evidence

How this respondent position was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the published response wording shown below.

PFD Monitor interpretation

Existing controls and multi-agency arrangements are considered sufficient to respond to emerging threats through review, industry engagement and forensic development.

Verbatim wording from the response

“The Government keeps the controls on all ████████ under constant review. There is multi-agency response in place to address emerging issues relating to ████████ which is led by the National Crime Agency. This provides a forum for collaborative work which includes understanding the threat, industry engagement and forensics development, and ensures we are able to respond to new ████████ threats.”

Source location

Response from Home Office
Page 2 · response
Published 23 October 2025

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