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Recommendations: Brook House Inquiry

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Recommendations issued by UK statutory and non-statutory inquiries, with their tracked government response and supporting evidence.

Recommendations

33 of 1,814

Code	Recommendation	Inquiry	Response
1	Monitor Brook House contract performance robustly The Home Office must actively and robustly monitor the performance of the Brook House contract, including satisfying itself that any self-reported information …	Brook House Inquiry (2023)	Accepted in Part
2	Require IRC contracts to uphold Rule 3 humane detention principles The Home Office must ensure that each contract for the management of an immigration removal centre must expressly require compliance with the …	Brook House Inquiry (2023)	Accepted in Part
3	Limit cell occupancy to maximum two people The Home Office must ensure that a maximum of two detained people are accommodated in each cell at Brook House.	Brook House Inquiry (2023)	Accepted in Part
4	Ensure reasonable internet and computer access for detainees The Home Office and its contractors must ensure reasonable access to computers and the internet. Contractors must comply in full with Detention …	Brook House Inquiry (2023)	Accepted in Part
5	Require proper cell sharing risk assessments The Home Office must ensure that adequate risk assessment for cell sharing is carried out by contractors in relation to every detained …	Brook House Inquiry (2023)	Accepted in Part
6	Review and reduce cell lock-in periods The Home Office, in consultation with the contractor responsible for operating each immigration removal centre, must review the current lock-in regime and …	Brook House Inquiry (2023)	Accepted in Part
7	Introduce 28-day maximum time limit on detention The government must introduce in legislation a maximum 28-day time limit on any individual's detention within an immigration removal centre.	Brook House Inquiry (2023)	Not Accepted
8	Mandatory comprehensive Rule 34 and Rule 35 training The Home Office (in collaboration with NHS England as required) must ensure that comprehensive training on Rule 34 and Rule 35 of …	Brook House Inquiry (2023)	Accepted in Part
9	Ensure effective operation and auditing of all Rule 35 limbs The Home Office must, across the immigration detention estate, assure itself that all three limbs of Rule 35 of the Detention Centre …	Brook House Inquiry (2023)	Under Consideration
10	Clarify authorisation for Rule 40 and Rule 42 segregation The Home Office must amend, as a matter of urgency, Detention Services Order 02/2017: Removal from Association (Detention Centre Rule 40) and …	Brook House Inquiry (2023)	Under Consideration
11	Review E Wing suitability for vulnerable detainees The Home Office and the current operator of Brook House must keep under review the appropriateness of the multi-purpose use of E …	Brook House Inquiry (2023)	Accepted in Part
12	Annual training on Rule 40 and Rule 42 segregation powers The Home Office and contractors operating immigration removal centres must provide regular training, at least annually, on the operation of Rule 40 …	Brook House Inquiry (2023)	Accepted in Part
13	Quarterly auditing of Rule 40 and Rule 42 use The Home Office must regularly (and at least quarterly) audit the use of Rule 40 and Rule 42 across the immigration detention …	Brook House Inquiry (2023)	Accepted in Part
14	Prohibit handcuffing behind back while seated The Home Office and contractors operating immigration removal centres must ensure that all staff are aware that the technique of handcuffing detained …	Brook House Inquiry (2023)	Accepted
15	New comprehensive use of force detention services order The Home Office must introduce, as a matter of urgency, a new and comprehensive detention services order to address use of force …	Brook House Inquiry (2023)	Accepted in Part
16	Independent review of use of force on mentally ill detainees The Home Office must urgently commission an independent review (with the power to make recommendations) of use of force on detained people …	Brook House Inquiry (2023)	Accepted in Part
17	Mandatory use of force debrief training and multi-level review process The Home Office must ensure, as a matter of urgency, that training is delivered on how to conduct an effective use of …	Brook House Inquiry (2023)	Accepted in Part
18	Update DSO on food and fluid refusal management and reporting The Home Office must, as a matter of urgency, update Detention Services Order 03/2017: Care and Management of Detained Individuals Refusing Food …	Brook House Inquiry (2023)	Accepted in Part
19	Healthcare staff guidance and training on use of force incidents The Home Office must ensure that guidance is issued to healthcare staff in immigration removal centres clarifying their role in use of …	Brook House Inquiry (2023)	Not Accepted
20	Update guidance on fit to fly and fit for detention medical assessments The Home Office must review and update Detention Services Order 01/2016: The Protection, Use and Sharing of Medical Information Relating to People …	Brook House Inquiry (2023)	Accepted in Part
21	Update mental vulnerability and mental capacity DSO guidance The Home Office must review and update Detention Services Order 04/2020: Mental Vulnerability and Immigration Detention: Non-Clinical Guidance to set out comprehensive …	Brook House Inquiry (2023)	Accepted in Part
22	Update healthcare complaints handling guidance The Home Office must review and update Detention Services Order 03/2015: Handling of Complaints to ensure that appropriate guidance is given to …	Brook House Inquiry (2023)	Accepted in Part
23	Quarterly assessment of staffing levels against population needs The Home Office and contractors operating immigration removal centres must ensure that there is ongoing assessment of staffing levels (at least on …	Brook House Inquiry (2023)	Accepted in Part
24	Mandatory staff training on mental health and trauma-informed approaches The Home Office, in conjunction with contractors, must ensure that all relevant immigration removal centre staff receive mandatory introductory and annual training …	Brook House Inquiry (2023)	Accepted in Part
25	Ensure senior manager presence and accessibility to staff Contractors operating immigration removal centres must ensure that senior managers are regularly present and visible within the immigration removal centre and are …	Brook House Inquiry (2023)	Accepted in Part
26	Ensure Home Office staff presence and visibility in IRCs The Home Office must ensure that its staff are regularly present and visible within each immigration removal centre.	Brook House Inquiry (2023)	Accepted in Part
27	Action plan to address staff desensitisation and secondary trauma Contractors operating immigration removal centres must develop and implement an action plan to ensure a safe and healthy staff culture in immigration …	Brook House Inquiry (2023)	Accepted in Part
28	Address barriers to detainee complaints including fear of repercussions The Home Office and its contractors operating immigration removal centres must take steps to identify and address the barriers to making complaints …	Brook House Inquiry (2023)	Accepted in Part
29	Improve Professional Standards Unit investigation procedures and training The Home Office must update Detention Services Order 03/2015: Handling of Complaints to clarify that, in investigations carried out by the Professional …	Brook House Inquiry (2023)	Accepted in Part
30	Enhance Professional Standards Unit independence and seniority The Home Office must: take steps to enhance the independence of the Professional Standards Unit from the Home Office and the perception …	Brook House Inquiry (2023)	Not Accepted
31	Update whistleblowing DSO with anonymous reporting mechanisms The Home Office must update Detention Services Order 03/2020: Whistleblowing – The Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 to require contractors that run …	Brook House Inquiry (2023)	Accepted in Part
32	Strengthen Independent Monitoring Board statutory footing and responsiveness The government must: respond to and publish responses to all concerns raised by any Independent Monitoring Board regarding immigration removal centres; take …	Brook House Inquiry (2023)	Accepted in Part
33	Improve HMIP and IMB evidence gathering and reporting processes HM Inspectorate of Prisons and Independent Monitoring Boards working within immigration removal centres must ensure that they have robust processes for: obtaining …	Brook House Inquiry (2023)	Accepted in Part