Home Office training materials on new human rights immigration rules and deportation provisions
Dear Home Office,
There were some very major changes to immigration law that took effect on 28 July 2014 through a combination of commencement of certain parts of the Immigration Act 2014 and also Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules HC 532. Most of the changes relate to human rights immigration rules and to deportation appeals.
I understand that training was delivered to Home Office Presenting Officers and others about these changes.
I would be grateful for release of any or all training materials relating to the immigration law changes that took effect on 28 July 2014, both the changes to human rights rules and the changes to deportation appeals.
Yours faithfully,
Colin Yeo
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Dear FOI Requests,
I would be grateful for an update on my request as the 20 day time limit has now passed.
Yours faithfully,
Colin Yeo
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We apologise for sending this late. This was due to a staff error.
Information Access Team
Home Office
Dear Home Office,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Home Office's handling of my FOI request 'Home Office training materials on new human rights immigration rules and deportation provisions'.
In the response you stated:
"The information that we hold is already accessible by other means. The Home Office has published guidance to caseworkers on considering Article 8 and the application of non-suspensive appeals in deportation cases on the gov.uk website. Training to presenting officers and others was based on our published guidance."
By using the words "based on" the response appears to accept on the face of it that there are additional training materials that were used over and above and different to the published materials. The training materials are therefore not exempt.
I request a review on the basis that there are apparently such training materials and that they are different to the published materials. There is a legitimate public interest in comparing the two sets of documents, and I am also aware that in other FOI requests training materials have been released.
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/h...
Yours faithfully,
Colin Yeo
Thank you for contacting the Home Office FOI Requests mailbox.
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recorded information held by the department.
If you have submitted a valid FoI request, we will acknowledge your
request within 24 hours, and aim to provide the information requested
within 20 working days as specified under the FoI Act.
Please note we are unable to respond to non-FOI immigration enquiries. If
you have a general immigration enquiry, or require an update on a specific
case, contact information can be found here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisati... and
https://www.gov.uk/visas-immigration
Communications via the GSi may be automatically logged, monitored and/or
recorded for legal purposes.
Thank you for your email of 15/09/2014 in which you ask for an internal review of our response to your Freedom of Information request of 32533.
We will aim to send you a full response by 15/10/2014 which is twenty working days from the date when we received your request.
The internal review will be carried out by D.Pottinger. If you have any questions then please do not hesitate to contact them using the above address.
Yours sincerely
FoI Requests
Mr Yeo
Please find attached correspondence regarding your request for an internal
review
D Pottinger
Information Access Team
Home Office
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Mr Yeo
Please find attached a response to your request for an internal review
D Pottinger
Information Access Team
Home Office
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[1][Home Office request email] not FOI responses.
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Dear Mr Yeo,
Please see the attached in relation to your Freedom of Information
request.
Yours sincerely,
S Goddard
Information Access Team
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Robert Simpson left an annotation ()
Interestingly they say "Some of the information is exempt from disclosure", but they do not specify which training material they are referring to.
Is all of it exempt, or just parts of a page?
They give you very little detail, and so it is very hard to appeal the refusal.
Wayne Pearsall left an annotation ()
Have you followed this up Colin?
Heres a couple of other requests along the same lines they are delaying:
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/p...
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/p...
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Robert Simpson left an annotation ()
Their "delay letter" in October said they aim to fully reply by 10 November, which is a month ago. Slow!