House of Commons - The work of the UK Border Agency (December 2011-March 2012) - Home Affairs Committee

Home Affairs Committee - Fifth Report
The work of the UK Border Agency (December 2011-March 2012)

Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 16 July 2012.

Contents

Terms of Reference

1 Background to the report

2 Foreign national offenders

Progress in dealing with historical problems

Progress in locating and deporting the 2006 cohort

Progress in locating the 2010-2011 cohort

Total number of foreign offenders living in the community

Foreign national offenders released over the period

Casework and the prisoner referral mechanism

Casework and international challenges

Legal challenges

Failed removals

3 Asylum and immigration backlog

Size of the Case Assurance and Audit Unit

Resolution of asylum legacy cases

Progress since November 2011

Staff and resources

Methods being used to trace archived cases

4 New asylum cases

Asylum applications

Assessing the Agency's performance: initial decisions

Assessing the Agency's performance: conclusions

Number of visas issued

Student visas: nationality

Visa processing times

Immigration casework in progress

Progress against net migration targets

6 Appeals and tribunals

Appeal outcomes for immigration and asylum

Progress against Appeals Improvement Plan

Target 1: 90% of bundles to be received at the Immigration and Asylum Court Tribunal by the date prescribed by HM Courts and Tribunal Service

Target 2: UK Border Agency to represent 90% of appeals

Target 3: UK Border Agency to increase the number of appeals it wins

Target 4: Reduce appeal volumes

Inspections of Sponsors

Pre registration inspections

Post licence inspections

Action against non-compliant sponsors

Action against individuals

Action taken against Tier 2 workers liable for curtailment action

Action taken against Tier 4 workers liable for curtailment action

Migration Refusal Pool

Progress on the National Allegations Database

9 Staff numbers and remuneration

Changes in staffing and remuneration

Senior staff bonuses

Junior staff bonuses

10 Co-operation with Parliament

MPs' correspondence

Provision of information to this Committee

11 Backlog of outstanding cases

Conclusions and recommendations

List of printed written evidence

List of additional written evidence

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament

Oral and written evidence

Tuesday 15 May 2012: Corneel Koster, Director of Operations, Safety and Security, Virgin Atlantic, Andrew Lord, Director of Operations, British Airways, and Colin Matthews, Chief Executive, BAA; Damian Green MP, Minister of State for Immigration Ev 8Lucy Moreton, Head of Litigation, Immigration Services Union, and Paul O’Connor, National Officer for the Home Office, Public and Commercial Services Union; Rob Whiteman, Chief Executive, UK Border Agency

Tuesday 22 May 2012: Brian Moore QPM, Director General, Border Force

Written Evidence

Additional written evidence (unprinted)

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Prepared 23 July 2012