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ICIBI Inspection Reports
Tracking 384 recommendations across 77 inspections from the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration. 264 reports catalogued, 206 with Home Office responses. Source: gov.uk.
264 reports
384 recommendations
183 accepted
12 rejected
78% response rate
Inspection reports
A spot check inspection of Border Force operations at Portsmouth International Port (29 August 2023)
2024
Index response summary 1 accepted, 1 partially accepted, 1 not accepted
A re-inspection of the use of hotels for housing unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (September – October 2023)
2024
Index response summary 4 accepted, 1 partially accepted
An inspection of asylum casework (June – October 2023)
2024
Index response summary 8 accepted, 1 partially accepted
An inspection of Border Force practice and procedures in relation to firearms (September – October 2023)
2024
Index response summary 8 accepted
An inspection of contingency asylum accommodation for families with children in Northern Ireland (May – June 2023)
2024
Index response summary 2 accepted, 3 partially accepted
An inspection of illegal working enforcement (August – October 2023)
2024
Index response summary 5 accepted
An inspection of Border Force’s fast parcels operations (May – July 2023)
2024
Index response summary 6 accepted, 3 partially accepted, 1 not accepted
An inspection of the use of deprivation of citizenship by the Status Review Unit (April – June 2023)
2024
Index response summary 2 accepted
An inspection of Border Force insider threat (January – March 2023)
2023
Index response summary 4 accepted, 2 partially accepted
A re-inspection of Border Force’s management of Project KRAKEN at small seaports (January – February 2023)
2023
Index response summary 1 accepted, 1 partially accepted, 2 not accepted
A re-inspection of the initial processing of migrants arriving via small boats, including at Western Jet Foil and Manston (January – February 2023)
2023
Index response summary 2 accepted, 1 partially accepted
An inspection of the Border Force intelligence functions at the Humber ports (June – November 2022)
2023
Index response summary 5 accepted, 2 partially accepted
An inspection of the Border Force intelligence functions at the Humber ports June 2022 to November 2022
2023
Index response summary 5 accepted, 2 partially accepted
An inspection of visit visa operations (December 2022 – January 2023)
2023
Index response summary 5 accepted
An inspection of visit visa operations December 2022 to January 2023
2023
Index response summary 5 accepted
Recommendation responses
The Home Office accepts 62% of ICIBI recommendations (fully or in part). 3% are rejected outright. Of 264 inspection reports, 206 have received a published government response (78% response rate).
Read the chart values
| Response | Recommendations |
|---|---|
| Accepted | 183 |
| Partially accepted | 57 |
| Not accepted | 12 |
| Pending | 132 |
Key insights
62% acceptance rate — of 384 scraped recommendations, 183 were accepted and 57 partially accepted.
12 were rejected outright.
78% of reports received responses — 206 of 264 inspection reports have published Home Office responses on gov.uk.
The Home Office must respond within 8 weeks — in practice, this target is frequently missed. In 2023-24, only 3 of 21 reports received timely responses.
3% of recommendations rejected — these represent areas where the Home Office explicitly disagrees with the inspector's findings.