Recommendation 17

The Department told us that it works with different parts of the public sector and Government, such as the Ministry of Justice, to deliver its immigration enforcement services, and that this cooperation may not appear in its performance data.46 We heard that Immigration Enforcement is providing more opportunities for face-to-face interactions and maintaining contact with people even when they are engaged with other agencies.47 It claimed that this allowed it to make the “right intervention” with those people at a later point.48 35 Qq 35, 63, 102 36 Q 65 37 Qq 8, 103 38 Q 71 39 Q 74 40 Q 76 41 Qq 48, 49 42 C&AG’s Report, para 18 43 Qq 38, 78, 94, 103, 104 44 Qq 38, 102 45 Qq 78, 79 46 Qq 36, 41, 67 47 Qq 41, 68, 81 48 Q 41 14 Immigration enforcement