ICIBI Inspection Reports
Tracking 255 recommendations across 47 inspections from the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration. 215 reports catalogued, 160 with Home Office responses. Source: gov.uk.
215
Reports
255
Recommendations
123
Accepted
7
Rejected
74%
Response Rate
Recommendation Outcomes
Key Findings
The Home Office accepts 63% of ICIBI recommendations
(fully or in part). 3% are rejected outright.
Of 215 inspection reports, 160 have received
a published government response (74% response rate).
Key Insights
63% acceptance rate — of 255 scraped recommendations, 123 were accepted and 37 partially accepted.
7 were rejected outright.
74% of reports received responses — 160 of 215 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.
An inspection of General Maritime (October 2024 – February 2025)
16 recs
Responded
11 accepted, 5 partially accepted
An inspection of the Home Office’s use of age assessments (July 2024 – February 2025)
8 recs
Responded
8 accepted
Inspection report on Home Office country of origin information on Turkey and Vietnam (February 2025)
Responded
An inspection of the Border Force operation to deter and detect clandestine entrants to the UK (August 2024 – November 2024)
7 recs
Responded
1 not accepted
An inspection of the Home Office’s management of fee waiver applications (August 2024 – November 2024)
7 recs
Responded
An inspection of the Immigration Enforcement Competent Authority (January – June 2024)
7 recs
Responded
5 accepted, 2 partially accepted
Inspection report on Home Office country of origin information on Georgia (July 2024)
Responded
An inspection of contingency asylum accommodation November 2023 – June 2024
9 recs
Responded
1 accepted, 2 partially accepted
Inspection report on Home Office country of origin information on Rwanda (January 2024)
3 recs
Responded
A spot check inspection of Border Force’s operational response to general aviation flights at London City Airport (January to February 2024)
No Response
An inspection of the immigration system as it relates to the social care sector (August 2023 to November 2023)
5 recs
Responded
5 accepted
An inspection of asylum casework (June - October 2023)
9 recs
Responded
8 accepted, 1 partially accepted
An inspection of illegal working enforcement (August – October 2023)
5 recs
Responded
5 accepted
Inspection report on Home Office country of origin information, Albania and Pakistan (October 2023)
Responded
A spot check inspection of Border Force operations at Portsmouth International Port (29 August 2023)
3 recs
Responded
1 accepted, 1 partially accepted, 1 not accepted
An inspection of Border Force’s fast parcels operations (May–July 2023)
10 recs
Responded
6 accepted, 3 partially accepted, 1 not accepted
A re-inspection of ePassport gates (May 2023)
Responded
An inspection of the use of deprivation of citizenship by the Status Review Unit (April – June 2023)
4 recs
Responded
2 accepted
An inspection of Border Force practice and procedures in relation to firearms (September – October 2023)
8 recs
Responded
8 accepted
Inspection report on Home Office country of origin information - Thematic report on the coverage of statelessness (February 2023)
Responded
An inspection of the Home Office’s Afghan resettlement schemes (October 2022 – April 2023)
10 recs
Responded
9 accepted, 1 partially accepted
An inspection of contingency asylum accommodation for families with children in Northern Ireland (May – June 2023)
5 recs
Responded
2 accepted, 3 partially accepted
A re-inspection of the use of hotels for housing unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (September – October 2023)
5 recs
Responded
4 accepted, 1 partially accepted
An inspection of Border Force insider threat (January – March 2023)
8 recs
Responded
4 accepted, 2 partially accepted
Inspection report on Home Office country of origin information, Iraq and Myanmar (Burma) January 2023.
Responded