Source · Independent borders & immigration inspection
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
An inspection of the use of hotels for housing unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC) (March – May 2022)
2022
Index response summary 4 accepted, 1 partially accepted
An inspection of the initial processing of migrants arriving via small boats at Tug Haven and Western Jet Foil (December 2021 – January 2022)
2022
Index response summary 2 accepted, 1 partially accepted
An inspection into the effectiveness of Border Force’s role in Project Kraken at small seaports (October 2021)
2022
Index response summary 1 accepted, 1 partially accepted, 2 not accepted
An inspection into the effectiveness of Border Force’s role in Project Kraken at small seaports
2022
Index response summary 1 accepted, 1 partially accepted, 2 not accepted
An inspection of asylum casework (August 2020 – May 2021)
2021
Index response summary 8 accepted, 1 partially 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.