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Inspection work in progress

This 'work in progress' page has now been replaced by the ICIBI 'current inspections' page.

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From:
Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration
Published:
10 August 2017
Last updated:
5 March 2026
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  1. The Independent Chief Inspector's report on ‘An inspection of asylum casework' has been sent to the Home Secretary today for publication. Please note the 'work in progress' page has now been replaced by a 'current inspections' page.

  2. The inspection report on General Maritime has been published today.

  3. The Independent Chief Inspector’s report on ‘An inspection of overstayers’ has been sent to the Home Secretary.

  4. The Independent Chief Inspector’s report on ‘An inspection of administrative reviews’ was sent to the Home Secretary on Friday 17 October.

  5. An inspection of refusals and cancellations of permission to enter the UK has been added to the list of live inspections.

  6. The inspection report on the Home Office’s use of age assessments has been published today.

  7. The inspection report on Home Office country of origin information on Turkey and Vietnam has been published today.

  8. The Independent Chief Inspector’s report on ‘An inspection of the Home Office’s use of age assessments’ has been sent to the Home Secretary.

  9. The Independent Chief Inspector’s report on ‘An inspection of Home Office management of contact with migrants who are without leave to enter or remain’ has been sent to the Home Secretary.

  10. Inspection report on Home Office country of origin information on Turkey and Vietnam has been sent to the Home Secretary.

  11. Two inspections have been added to the list of live inspections.

  12. An inspection of the Border Force operation to deter and detect clandestine entrants to the UK has been laid in parliament.

  13. An inspection of the Home Office’s management of fee waiver applications has been laid in parliament.

  14. The Independent Chief Inspector’s report on ‘An inspection of the Border Force operation to deter and detect clandestine entrants to the UK’ has been sent to the Home Secretary.

  15. The inspection report on the Home Office's management of fee waiver applications been sent to the Home Secretary.

  16. The inspection report on the Immigration Enforcement Competent Authority has been published today.

  17. The 'inspection report on Home Office country of origin information on Georgia' and 'an inspection on contingency asylum accommodation' have been laid in parliament.

  18. An inspection of General Maritime has been added to the list of live inspections.

  19. 'An inspection of Home Office management of contact with migrants who are without leave to enter or remain' has been added to the list of live inspections.

  20. An inspection into the Home Office's use of age assessments added to the list of live inspections.

  21. The inspection report on Home Office country of origin information on Rwanda has been published today.

  22. An inspection on contingency asylum accommodation has been sent to the Home Secretary for publication.

  23. Inspection report on Home Office country of origin information on Georgia has been sent to the Home Secretary.

  24. Three inspections have been added to the list of live inspections.

  25. The inspection report "An inspection of the Immigration Enforcement Competent Authority" has been sent to the Home Secretary for publication.

  26. Inspection report on Home Office country of origin information on Rwanda has been sent to the Home Secretary for publication.

  27. Two reports have been published

  28. The following inspections have been published today: 1. Inspection report on Country of Origin Information – Thematic review of statelessness 2. An inspection of the Home Office’s Afghan resettlement schemes 3. A re-inspection of ePassport gates 4. An inspection of the use of the powers to deprive British nationals of citizenship 5. An inspection of contingency asylum accommodation for families with children in Northern Ireland 6. A ‘spot check inspection’ of the Border Force operations at Portsmouth International Port 7. An inspection of Border Force’s fast parcel operations 8. An inspection of Border Force practices and procedures in relation to firearms 9. A reinspection of the use of hotels for housing unaccompanied asylum-seeking children 10. An inspection of the Home Office’s illegal working enforcement activity 11. Inspection report on Home Office country of origin information, Albania and Pakistan 12. An inspection of asylum casework

  29. A spot check inspection of Border Force’s operational response to general aviation flights at London City Airport has been sent to the Home Secretary.

  30. An inspection of the immigration system as it relates to the social care sector has been submitted to the Home Secretary for publication.

  31. Adding a new inspection to the list of live inspections

  32. Adding an inspection of the Immigration Enforcement Competent Authority to the list of live inspections.

  33. An inspection of asylum casework has been sent to the Home Secretary.

  34. New inspection added to live inspections.

  35. An inspection of the Home Office’s illegal working enforcement activity has been sent to the Home Secretary for publication.

  36. Two reports have gone to the Home Secretary: An inspection of Border Force practices and procedures in relation to firearms and A reinspection of the use of hotels for housing unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.

  37. An inspection of Border Force’s fast parcel operations went to the Home Secretary on 28 September 2023.

  38. An inspection of Border Force insider threat has now been published

  39. Added a reinspection of the use of hotels for housing unaccompanied asylum-seeking children to the list of live inspections.

  40. An inspection of Border Force practices and procedures in relation to firearms has been added to the live inspections.

  41. A ‘spot check inspection’ of the Border Force operations at Portsmouth International Port added to the list of live inspections.

  42. An inspection of the Home Office’s illegal working enforcement activity has been added to the list of live inspections.

  43. Added a new live inspection to the work in progress.

  44. An inspection of contingency asylum accommodation for families with children in Northern Ireland has been sent to the Home Secretary

  45. An inspection of the use of the powers to deprive British nationals of citizenship has been sent to the Home Secretary.

  46. Two reports have been published: 1. ICIBI Inspection report on Home Office country of origin information, Iraq and Myanmar (Burma) 2. An inspection of Home Office operations to effect the removal of Foreign National Offenders

  47. Added An inspection of Border Force’s fast parcel operations to live inspections.

  48. A re-inspection of ePassport gates report has gone to the Home Secretary.

  49. An inspection of Border Force insider threat has gone to the Home Secretary (26 May 2023).

  50. Inspection report on Country of Origin Information – Thematic review of statelessness has been sent to the Home Secretary.

  51. An inspection of Home Office operations to effect the removal of Foreign National Offenders has been sent to the Home Secretary.

  52. ICIBI Inspection report on Home Office country of origin information, Iraq and Myanmar (Burma) has been sent to the Home Secretary.

  53. A re-inspection of the initial processing of migrants arriving via small boats, including Western Jet Foil and Manston has been sent to the Home Secretary.

  54. Inspection report: A re-inspection of Border Force’s management of Project Kraken at small seaports has been sent to the Home Secretary for publication.

  55. The Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration has sent his inspection report on visit visa operations to the Home Secretary to consider and lay in Parliament.

  56. The ICIBI has restarted an inspection of the Home Office’s Afghan resettlement schemes that was paused last November.

  57. The ICIBI has submitted his inspection report on the Home Office Intelligence function to the Home Secretary.

  58. A re-inspection of the initial processing of migrants arriving via small boats, including Western Jet Foil and Manston (16 January 2023) has been added to the live inspection list.

  59. Added An inspection of the Home Office’s Afghan resettlement schemes to the list of live inspections.

  60. Added A re-inspection of Border Force’s management of Project Kraken at small seaports to the list of live inspections.

  61. An inspection of the immigration system as it relates to the agricultural sector (28 September 2022) has now been published.

  62. The Independent Chief Inspector has started a short inspection looking at the Home Office's visit visas operations.

  63. Two reports have been published today. An inspection of the use of hotels for housing unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and an inspection report on Country of Origin Information - Afghanistan and China.

  64. The Chief Inspector has launched a re-inspection of ePassport gates.

  65. Third annual inspection of ‘Adults at risk in immigration detention’ (30 September 2022) has been sent to the Home Secretary.

  66. The Chief Inspector has submitted his 'inspection report on the immigration system as it relates to the agricultural sector' to the Home Secretary.

  67. The Chief Inspector launches an 'inspection of Home Office operations to effect the removal of Foreign National Offenders'

  68. Two new inspections have been added to the work the live inspections list.

  69. The Chief Inspector is launching a review of ePassport Gates, which focusses on the Home Office’s progress against the recommendations made in the ‘Inspection of ePassport gates’ (June 2020 - January 2021) report.

  70. An inspection of the Hong Kong British National (Overseas) visa route has been sent to the Home Secretary for publication.

  71. Today the Chief Inspector has sent his inspection report on the use of hotels to house unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC), to the Home Secretary.

  72. David Neal, the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, has launched three new inspections: - A short re-inspection of Napier Barracks - An inspection of the use of hotels for housing unaccompanied asylum-seeking children - An inspection of GPS electronic monitoring of Foreign National Offenders

  73. The Chief Inspector's report on his inspection of the initial processing of migrants arriving via small boats at Tug Haven was sent to the Home Secretary on Thursday 24 February 2022.

  74. The Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration has submitted his Inspection Report on the Home Office's use of contingency asylum accommodation, to the Home Secretary.

  75. Update - The ICIBI's report following his inspection into the effectiveness of Border Force's role in Project Kraken at small seaports has been set to the Home Secretary.

  76. The Chief Inspector's report on his ‘short inspection of Border Force queue management at Birmingham Airport', has been sent to the Home Secretary.

  77. The following ICIBI inspection reports have been sent to the Home Secretary: 1. An inspection of Asylum Casework 2. A short inspection of reporting events at Becket House Immigration Reporting Centre based upon onsite observations 3. An inspection of UK Visas and Immigration Front End Services

  78. EU Settlement Scheme 3 went to the Home Secretary.

  79. Inspection reports sent to the Home Secretary.

  80. Added the inspection 'The use of hotels and barracks as contingency asylum accommodation' to live inspections'.

  81. The Chief Inspector has submitted his latest Inspection report on country of origin information (El Salvador and Sudan) to the Home Secretary.

  82. Added an update about the Intelligence Inspection

  83. The Chief Inspector has sent his inspection report on the Home Office’s use of sanctions and penalties to the Home Secretary.

  84. The Chief Inspector sent the Home Secretary his inspection report on the Home Office's Country of Origin Information products relating to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity or Expression, September 2020. (13 October 2020)

  85. The Chief Inspector submitted his inspection of the Home Office’s use of language services in the asylum process to the Home Secretary on Thursday 14 May 2020.

  86. ICIBI work in progresss webpage updated following the submission of the Chief Inspector's report, on the Home Office’s response to in-country clandestine arrivals (‘lorry drops’) and to irregular migrants arriving via ‘small boats’, to the Home Secretary.

  87. Administrative reviews report has been sent to the Home Secretary.

  88. Reflects publication of the inspection report on Glasgow and Edinburgh airports, the re-inspection report on the Right of Abode being sent to the Home Secretary and the commencement of the Sanctions and Penalties and Resettlement Schemes: VPRS, VCRS and Community Sponsorship inspections

  89. Two reports have been sent to the Home Secretary and Disruption and prosecution of perpetrators of modern slavery has been added to the live inspections list.

  90. Page amended to reflect reports that have been published and sent to the Home Secretary.

  91. Updated work in progress.

  92. An update of work in progress

  93. The ICIBI sends his report on Home Office (Borders, Immigration and Citizenship System) collaborative working with other government departments and agencies to the Home Secretary.

  94. Work in progress updated with new inspections.

  95. Change to reflect sending the South Coast Ports and Asylum Accommodation reports to the Home Secretary.

  96. New inspection "Charging for Services" added

  97. Change to list of work in progress following publication of Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme inspection

  98. Updated work in progress for the inspectorate.

  99. Page updated with current work in progress

  100. First published.

This ‘work in progress’ page has now been replaced by the ICIBI ‘current inspections’ page.