Jerry, Ian

 

Any news please?

 

In Solihull the uncertainties are mounting and (re)creating some significant issues in terms of:

·         Policy - as you know we were pro-Reform in principle but now have no idea what to think (and business as usual is deeply unsatisfactory);

·         Funding – linked to the above, we are no further ahead with a sustainable financial model and consequently our medium term financial planning in relation to UASC and 18+ (especially 18+) is being compromised;

·         Politics – the sensitivities in relation to subsidising a National funding system with Council Tax (and other issues) are well known.

 

We are also closely monitoring community cohesion impacts and, worryingly, there is a recent rise in FoIs which do not appear to have a benevolent motivation.

 

Any sense of direction would be much appreciated.

 

Mark

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Ian Beattie [mailto:xxx.xxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx]
Sent: 24 December 2008 16:32
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Subject: FW: UASC Reform Steering Group and sub-groups (post-18 & 'front end' issues)

 

Dear colleagues,

 

Please see the email below from Jerry Harland regarding the UASC Reform Steering Group ‘post-18’ and ‘front-end’ sub-groups that you have kindly agreed to attend. UKBA are in the process of reviewing the direction that they want the Reform Programme to take so, as outlined by Jerry below, can I suggest that we postpone organising meetings of the main UASC Reform Steering Group and the ‘front-end’ processes sub-group until there is more clarity about the situation. Hopefully, the LGA Asylum and Refugee Taskgroup meeting on the 15^th January will provide that clarity as Phil Woolas will be attending and the UASC Reform Programme will be one of the main issues to be discussed.

 

That said, Jerry Harland would still like to go ahead with the Post-18 issues sub-group and has suggested two dates: 15^th or 29^th January. Could the members of the Post-18 issues sub-group please let me know which date is preferable and whether a morning or afternoon meeting is. Please let me know by the 8^th January so that I can try and arrange a venue etc.

 

I’ve outlined the membership of each group as I understand it below (let me know if you have any queries about the membership of either group):

 

Post-18 issues working group

 

Zena Cooke

Judith Dennis

Richard Ross

Nigel Stock

 

‘Front end’ working group

 

Nicola Rea

Olvia Fellas

Karen Goodman

John Donaldson

Elizabeth Shingler

Judith Dennis

Ian Beattie

 

Regards,

 

 

 

Ian,

Sorry I meant to get back to you sooner. The position at the moment is that although we would like to see the two working groups start their deliberations, we need to first of all get clues from the top of UKBA as to a) the likelihood of any further monies being made available to cover the shortfalls that are inevitably going to be discovered when we sit down to talk about how we resolve the post-18 issues and b) the direction they wish UASC Reform to take.

I think that until the organisational structure has been confirmed post-Brian’s departure that any contact about UASC should at the very least be copied to Simon Bentley and myself, as we do the bulk of the day to day work on the reform programme. There is a Director, Keith Lambert, who has been appointed by Dee but he has a much wider role in Immigration Group that Brian never had. You obviously have my e mail address the others are:-

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Although I think the position regarding the direction of UASC Reform is not particularly clear at the moment I would like to suggest a couple of dates when we could have the first meetings of the Post-18 Group. Either Thursday 15 or Thursday 29 January. We could meet here but it might be more appropriate to meet in Central London, perhaps from either 11.00am to 13.00pm or from 14.00pm to 16.00pm. Both Simon and myself are quite relaxed about when or where we hold the meeting but think that two hours would be adequate on the first occasion.  

As for the “front-end” processes working group I have to leave that until the New Year as the membership from UKBA is rather more complicated for this group.

-----Original Message-----
From: Ian Beattie [mailto:xxx.xxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx]
Sent: 22 December 2008 11:57 AM
To: Harland Jerry
Subject:

Hi Jerry,

Any chance of that ‘holding’ email re the UASC Reform sub-groups and future meetings?

Many thanks,

Ian

Ian Beattie

Senior Policy Officer

Strategic Migration Partnership

East of England Regional Assembly

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