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Written question asked by Baroness Anelay of St Johns (Conservative), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Baroness Scotland of Asthal (Labour) on Monday, 9 October 2006.


Immigration: IND Practices

Question
How many staff at the Immigration and Nationality Directorate have been disciplined in the past 12 months for improper practices in the handling of asylum and immigration applications.
Answer

We do not categorise discipline offences in this way, but interpretation of our records shows that, of the 18,064 employed, 16 employees have been disciplined for misconduct related to the improper handling of cases or immigration offences or the provision of unauthorised advice to help individuals to make their applications over the 12 months ending 13 July 2006.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
6885; 685 c53WA
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Disciplinary proceedings Asylum Applications Civil servants Immigration Misconduct Immigration and Nationality Directorate
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk