Guidance

Service of removal notices and departure details

Detention services order 12/2023 to provide instructions to staff on the service of removal notices and departure details for detained individuals.

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Service of removal notices and departure details

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Home Office detention services order to provide instructions and guidance to staff on the service of removal notices and departure details to those detained in immigration detention facilities, and the handling of representations received when a removal is already under way.

Published 1 December 2011
Last updated 6 December 2023 + show all updates
  1. This DSO replaces DSO 3/2014 and has been substantively updated to reflect changes in requirements to notice periods and management of judicial reviews in active removal cases.

  2. Updated guidance.

  3. First published.