Non-Parliamentary Briefings, Submissions and Responses

This page contains various briefings, submissions and responses.  It includes ILPA's responses to public consultations and to some informal consultations, and several submissions to various public bodies.  It does not include ILPA's parliamentary briefings, submissions and responses such as briefings on Bills and other legislation and submissions to Select Committees.  These may be found from the Parliamentary Briefings, Submissions and Responses page (or see the links to the left of this page).

Briefings on this page are set out in reverse chronological order. 

2012

13 May 2012
Submission to UK Border Agency (consent to waiver of minimum 72 hours notice of removal) with further material (available to members only)

4 May 2012
Response to the Legal Services Commission consultation (future of Specialist Support Service)

27 April 2012
Submission to the Equality and Human Rights Commission consultation (forthcoming examination of the UK by the UN Committee Against Torture) including additional appended material

23 April 2012
Submission to All-Party Parliamentary Groups on Runaway and Missing Children and Adults, and for Looked After Children and Care Leavers (inquiry into children who go missing or run away from care)

20 April 2012
Submission to European Asylum Support Office (EASO) (age assessment practices)

12 April 2012
Response to HM Inspectorate of Prisons (inspection criteria: immigration detention)
ILPA also endorses the comments and recommendations in the response of Bail for Immigration Detainees on the inspection criteria for imigration detention and the comments of the Refugee Children's Consortium on the inspection criteria for family detention.

30 March 2012
Response to Ministry of Justice (process for exceptional cases funding, civil legal aid)
(see also related materials referred to in response)

13 February 2012
Joint Response from ILPA and Bail for Immigration Detainees (BID) to First-tier and Upper Tribunals Immigration and Asylum Chambers (Bail Guidelines)
(see also previous joint response of 9 December 2011)

7 February 2012
Response to Ministry of Justice consultation (fees in the High Court and Court of Appeal)

30 January 2012
Submission to UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants (immigration detention)

2011

22 December 2011
Submission to Migration Advisory Committee (Tier 2 annual limit)

14 December 2011
Submission to UK Border Agency (draft subject access pro forma)

9 December 2011
Joint Response from ILPA and Bail for Immigration Detainees (BID) to First-tier and Upper Tribunals Immigration and Asylum Chambers (Bail Guidelines)

5 December 2011
Comments on Revised Commission Proposal of 1 June 2011 on common procedures for granting and withdrawing international protection status (Recast)

30 November 2011
Submission to Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency (inspection programme for 2012/13)

11 November 2011
Response to the Commission on a Bill of Rights (do we need a UK Bill of Rights?)

13 October 2011
Response to UK Border Agency consultation (Family Migration)

September 2011
Submission to Migration Advisory Committee re UK Border Agency consultation on family migration (and minimum income threshold proposal)

5 September 2011
Response to UK Border Agency consultation (Employment-related settlement, Tier 5 and Overseas Domestic Workers)

31 January 2011
Response to UK Border Agency consultation (Student Immigration System)

31 January 2011
Response to Home Office consultation (Proposed indicators and information strategy of the transparency section of the Home Office Business Plan)

31 January 2011
Submission to UK Border Agency (proposals on refugee family reunion)

21 January 2011
Response to Ministry of Justice consultation (fee charges for immigration and asylum appeals)
Response to Consultation Questionnaire

2010

22 December 2010
Initial Response to Ministry of Justice consultation (Proposals for reform of Legal Aid in England and Wales)

21 December 2010
Submission to Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency (use of country information in decision making)
Annexe: Letter of 14 April 2009 to Home Secretary (Zimbabwe Country Guidance and policy)

3 November 2010
Submission to UK Border Agency (Draft Healthcare Asylum Support Instruction)

October 2010
Response to Crown Prosecution Service consultation (Prosecuting and Trafficking)

October 2010
Submission to National Audit Office (Points Based System - employment routes)

15 October 2010
Submission to The Law Commission (proposals for its Eleventh Programme of Law Reform)

4 October 2010
Submission to Independent Review of the Office of the Children's Commissioner

24 September 2010
Submission to UK Border Agency (Draft Asylum Instruction on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in the Asylum Claim)

22 September 2010
Response to Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons consultation (potential topics for thematic reports)

17 September 2010
Response to UK Border Agency consultation (Limits on Non-EU Economic Migration)

16 September 2010
Submission to European Commission (Proposal for a Recast Directive of the European Parliament and the Council on minimum standards on procedures in Member States for granting and withdrawing international protection)

7 September 2010
Response to Migration Advisory Committee consultation (level of an annual limit on economic migration)

29 July 2010
Response to Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) consultation (Anonymity)

27 July 2010
Response to Solicitors Regulation Authority consultation (outcomes-based regulation)

2 July 2010
Submission to UK Border Agency (ending the detention of children)

30 June 2010
Submission to The Law Society (Access to Justice Review)

28 June 2010
Response to UK Border Agency consultation (refusing entry or stay to National Health Service (NHS) debtors)

14 June 2010
Joint Response (with AIRE Centre) to European Commission consultation (European Union (EU) Citizens’ Rights – The Way Forward)

14 June 2010
Submission to Legal Services Commission (Relationship Management Assurance Process – Guidance for Relationship Manager Visits version 4)

14 June 2010
Submission to Legal Services Commission (Immigration Coding and Guidance)

7 June 2010
Response to UK Border Agency questionnaire (first twelve months of the National Referral Mechanism)

30 April 2010
Response to Home Office Statistics consultation (publication of monthly asylum application statistical data)

30 March 2010
Submission to UK Border Agency (Proposed Asylum Instruction on Handling Claims Involving Allegations of Torture)

3 March 2010
Submission to Administrative Court (proposed changes to Administrative Court Procedures)

19 February 2010
Response to Ministry of Justice consultation (Legal Aid: Refocusing on Priority Cases – Draft Regulations, Funding Code Changes and Lord Chancellor’s Authorisations)

3 February 2010
Response to UK Border Agency consultation (Asylum Support)

2 February 2010
Response to UK Border Agency consultation (Simplifying Immigration Law: a new framework for Immigration Rules)

28 January 2010
Response to Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC) consultation (Guidance on Competence)

15 January 2010
Submission to UK Border Agency (Assessing Age Asylum Process Guidance version 5)

2009

9 December 2009
Joint Submission (with AIRE Centre) to European Commission (guidance for better transposition and application of Citizens Directive)

8 December 2009
Joint Submission (with AIRE Centre) to UK Border Agency (re-cast Procedures and Qualifications Asylum Directives)

4 December 2009
Submission to UK Border Agency/UK Trade & Industry (Tier 4 (Students) Review)

30 November 2009
Response to UK Border Agency consultation (Charging for Immigration and Visa Applications)

23 November 2009
Response to Ministry of Justice and Tribunals Service consulatation (Draft Practice Statements and Practice Directions of the Immigration and Asylum Chambers of First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal)

6 November 2009
Response to Ministry of Justice consultation (Legal Aid: Funding Reforms)

26 October 2009
Response to UK Border Agency consultation (Earning the right to stay: A new points test for citizenship)

8 October 2009
Response to Ministry of Justice consultation (Legal Aid: Refocusing on priority cases)

29 September 2009
Response to Tribunal Procedure Rules Committee consultation (Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) Rules)

23 September 2009
Submission to UK Border Agency (draft posters to display in offices of commercial partners overseas)

18 September 2009
Submission to UK Border Agency (pro forma for further submissions)

17 September 2009
Submission to Ministry of Justice (European Union Justice and Home Affairs Future Work Programme 2009 (Stockholm Programme))

4 September 2009
Submission to UK Border Agency (draft guidance for legal representatives on further submissions)

19 August 2009
Response to Ministry of Justice consultation (Funding Immigration and Asylum Legal Aid in the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal)

10 August 2009
Submission to UK Border Agency (Draft Operating Standard for the provision of Welfare Services in Immigration Removal Centres)

6 August 2009
Response to UK Border Agency consultation (Oversight of Immigration Advice Sector)

31 July 2009
Response to UK Border Agency consultation (draft Statutory Guidance on safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children)

9 July 2009
Submission to Minister of State for Borders and Immigration (changes to the Points Based System)

6 July 2009
Submission to UK Border Agency (Five Year Review of Asylum Cases)

2 July 2009
Submission to Working Group on Civil Procedure Rules Part 54 (Judicial Review) Practice Direction

11 June 2009
Response to UK Border Agency further consultation (draft Short-Term Holding Facility Rules)

9 June 2009
Response to Bar Standards Board consultation (Public Access Working Group Recommendations: equality and diversity implications)

May 2009
Response to Legal Services Commission consultation (Civil Fee Schemes Review – Proposed Amendments from 2010)

7 May 2009
Response to Ministry of Justice and Tribunals Service consultation (Tribunal Procedure, First-tier Tribunal (General Regulatory Chamber) Rules)

7 May 2009
Submission to European Commission (European Commission Asylum Directives)

May 2009
Response to UK Border Agency consultation (Draft Illustrative Rules on Protection)

17 April 2009
Response to UK Border Agency further consultation (draft Short-Term Holding Facility Rules)
2009 draft Short-Term Holding Facilities Rules
UK Border Agency response to ILPA's February 2006 consultation response
UK Border Agency note on changes to 2006 draft

April 2009
Submission to UK Border Agency (future priorities for New Asylum Model)

30 January 2009
Submission to UK Border Agency (Draft Section 4 (Asylum Support) Application Form and Guidance)

2008

31 October 2008
Response to Legal Services Commission consultation (Civil Bid Rounds for 2010 Contracts)

31 October 2008
Response to UK Border Agency consultation (Immigration Appeals: Fair Decisions; Faster Justice)

October 2008
Response to UK Border Agency consultation (Strengthening the Common Travel Area)

19 September 2008
Submission to UK Border Agency (proposed amendments to section 4 (Asylum Support) eligibility criteria and regulations)

12 September 2008
Submission to UK Border Agency (Detained Fast-Track & Detained Non-Suspensive Appeals - Intake Selection (AIU Instruction))

July 2008
Submission to UK Border Agency (Tier 4 Equality Impact Assessment)

12 July 2008
Response to Ministry of Justice and Tribunals Service consultation (Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber) Procedure Rules)

12 July 2008
Response to Ministry of Justice and Tribunals Service consultation (First-tier Tribunal (Social Entitlement Chamber) Procedure Rules)

30 June 2008
Submission to Legal Services Commission consultation (Managing Legal Aid Cases in Partnership - Delivery Transformation)

29 May 2008
Submission to UK Border Agency (Trafficking and National Referral Mechanisms)

14 May 2008
Submission to Ministry of Justice (The Community Legal Service (Funding)(Amendment) Order 2008) 

14 May 2008
Submission to UK Border Agency consultation (The Path to Citizenship Green Paper)

May 2008
Submission to UK Border Agency consultation (Compulsory Identity Cards for Foreign Nationals)

25 April 2008
Submission to Migration Advisory Committee (identifying skilled occupations where migration can sensibly help to fill labour shortages)

25 April 2008
Submission on Draft Lord Chancellor's Direction on Cross Border Disputes (implementation of Council Directive 2003/8/EC)

25 April 2008
Submission to UK Border Agency consultation (Code of Practice for Keeping Children Safe from Harm)
Annexe: Letter of 2 April 2008 to Lord Adonis (guardianship for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children)

4 April 2008
Response to Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills consultation (Focusing English for Speakers of Other Languages on Community Cohesion)

12 March 2008
Submission to Border and Immigration Agency (Equality Impact Assessment: Points Based System Youth Mobility Scheme (Tier 5))

11 March 2008
Response to Border and Immigration Agency consultation (Visitors)

29 February 2008
Submission to Border and Immigration Agency (draft Detained Fast-Track (DFT) & Detained Non-Suspensive Appeals (DNSA) - Intake Selection (Asylum Intake Unit (AIU) instruction))

27 February 2008
Response to Border and Immigration Agency consultation (Marriage Visas: pre-entry English requirement for spouses)

27 February 2008
Response to Border and Immigration Agency consultation (Marriage to partners from overseas)

20 February 2008
Submission to Border and Immigration Agency (Statistics on 'Control of Immigration')

18 February 2008
Submission to Border and Immigration Agency (Review of Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC))

24 January 2008
Submission to Solicitors Regulation Authority (Review of Professional Accreditation)

24 January 2008
Submission to Border and Immigration Agency (Equality Impact Assessment: Points Based System Highly Skilled (Tier 1))

2007

21 December 2007
Submission to Lord Goldsmith's Citizenship Review

December 2007
Response to Ministry of Justice and Tribunals Service consultation (Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (Procedure) (Amendment) Rules 2008 and (Fast Track Procedure) (Amendment) Rules 2008)

November 2007
Response to Border and Immigration Agency consultation (Points Based System Fees)

November 2007
Response to Border and Immigration Agency consultation (draft Immigration & Asylum (Provision of Service or Facilities) Regulations 2007)

19 October 2007
Response to Border and Immigration Agency consultation (Transposition of Asylum Procedures Directive 2005/85/EC)

12 October 2007
Response to Border and Immigration Agency consultation (Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC): oversight of Border and Immigration Agency (BIA) incidents and complaints)

30 September 2007
Submission to European Commission (Green Paper on future Common European Asylum System)

10 September 2007
Response to Border and Immigration Agency consultation (Controlled Access to the UK Labour Market for Romanians and Bulgarians)

29 August 2007
Response to Border and Immigration Agency consultation (Simplifying Immigration Law)

7 August 2007
Response to Border and Immigration Agency consultation (implementation of new powers to prevent illegal migrant working)

25 July 2007
Submission to Legal Services Commission (Advance Copy of Immigration Specification)

24 July 2007
Response to Ministry of Justice consultation (Legal Aid Regulations)

31 May 2007
Response to Border and Immigration Agency consultation (Planning Better Outcomes and Support for Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children)

16 April 2007
Response Legal Services Commission consultation (Detention Advice Specification)

16 April 2007
Response to Legal Services Commission consultation (Unified Contract Specification)

30 March 2007
Submission to Immigration and Nationality Directorate (proposal to use Video Conferencing for substantive Asylum Interviews of Prisoners)

21 February 2007
Response to Department of Constitutional Affairs consultation (proposed amendment to the Lord Chancellor's authorisation on the scope of legal aid - business cases)

2006

24 November 2006
Response to Civil Procedure Rules Committee consultation (Draft Practice Direction on Applications for Permission to Apply for Judical Review in Immigration and Asylum cases)

21 November 2006
Response to Legal Services Commission consultation (Draft Unified Contract)

October 2006
Response to Legal Services Commission/Department of Consitutional Affairs consultation (Legal Aid: a sustainable future)
Annexe: Collection of information for the Response

October 2006
Response to Home Office consultation (Implementation of the Refugee Definition Directive)

28 July 2006
Response to Home Office consultation (private freight searching and fingerprinting at Juxtaposed Controls)

April 2006
Annex to Response to Proposals for UK Action Plan Tackling Human Trafficking

March 2006
Briefing on Points-Based System: Making Migration Work for Britain (Cm 6741)

February 2006
Response to Home Office consultation (draft Short-Term Holding Facilities Rules)
2006 draft Short-Term Holding Facilities Rules

2005

December 2005
Submission to European Commission (Fighting trafficking in human beings - an integrated approach and proposals for an action plan)

24 November 2005
Submission to European Commission (Proposed Directive on Common Standards and Procedures in Member States for returning illegally staying third country nationals)

November 2005
Response to Home Office consultation (Selective Admission: Making Migration Work for Britain)

September 2005
Submission to Council on Tribunals consultation (use and value of oral hearings in the Administrative Justice System)
Annexe: Success rates in oral/paper family visitor appeals since 1 January 2003

18 August 2005
Submission to Home Secretary (Exclusion or Deportation from the UK on Non-Conducive Grounds)

17 August 2005
Submission to Minister of State for Immigration (Meaning of 'continuous residence': level of permitted absences during qualifying period for ILR)

6 August 2005
Submission on UK Presidency of the European Union

15 July 2005
Submission to Minister of State for Immigration (New Policies on Refugees and Leave)

15 June 2005
Response to Home Office consultation (Immigration Statistics)

29 April 2005
Submission to Home Office (Publication of Work Permits (UK) Internal (Caseworker) Guidance)

April 2005
Submission to European Commission (Green Paper on Managing Economic Migration)

March 2005
Response to consultation on Draft Asylum and Immigration Practice Directions

28 February 2005
Submission to Department for Constitutional Affairs (Asylum and Immigration Tribunal Fast Track Procedure Rules)

25 February 2005
Submission to Legal Services Commission consultation (Use of Experts)
Annexe: Paper on use of expert evidence and interpreters in asylum and human rights appeals

7 February 2005
Response to Legal Services Commission consultation (Asylum & Immigration Tribunal - Amendments to the General Civil Contract)

10 January 2005
Response to Department for Constitutional Affairs (The Asylum and Immigration Tribunal - The Legal Aid Arrangements for Onward Appeals)

January 2005
Submission on Hague Programme (European Union Immigration & Asylum Law and Policy)

2004

December 2004
Response to Home Office consultation (Charges for Immigration Applications)

10 December 2004
Briefing on Offences in Sections 2, 32(2) and 35 of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Act 2004
Annexe: Immigration and Nationality Directorate (IND) guidance on entering the UK without a passport
Annexe: Immigration and Nationality Directorate letter of 21 September 2004 on comments on guidance

6 December 2004
Response to Department for Constitutional Affairs consultation (Asylum and Immigration Tribunal - Procedure Rules and Judical Titles Order)

3 December 2004
Response to Home Office consultation (Implementation of Council Directive on Reception of Asylum Seekers)

June 2004
Submission to European Commission (An Area of Freedom, Security and Justice: Assessment of the Tampere programme and future orientations)

3 June 2004
Joint Submission (with Standing Committee of Experts on International Immigration, Refugee and Criminal Law) to European Commission (An Area of Freedom, Security and Justice: Five Years On Immigration and Asylum for the Next Five Years) response from ILPA with The Standing Committee of Experts on International Immigration, Refugee and Criminal Law

13 August 2004
Submission on Proposals to Exclude Overseas Visitors from Eligibility to Free NHS Primary Medical Services

July 2004
Submission on European Union Directive on Asylum Procedures

July 2004
Response to consultation (Legislation on Identity Cards Cm 6178)

June 2004
Response to Legal Services Commission consultation (Devolved Powers)

4 June 2004
Response to European Commission consultation (proposed European Union (EU) Visa Information System (VIS))

19 April 2004
Submission to Social Security Advisory Committee (Draft Regulations Relating to Accession of 8 New Member States to the European Union)

12 January 2004
Submission to Legal Services Commission (New Immigration Specification Applying from 1 April 2004)

January 2004
Submission (with analysis and scoreboard) on the European Commission proposal for a Council Regulation establishing criteria and mechanism for determining the Member State responsible for examining an asylum application lodged in one of the Member States by a third country national

 

For earlier briefings, please get in touch with the ILPA secretariat.


Projects