§ Mr. FraserTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many training courses or seminars have been held about the operation of section 5 of the Immigration Act 1988; when they were held, who attended; and what information was made available to attendants.
§ Mr. Peter LloydA seminar about the provisions of the Immigration Act 1988 was held in June 1988, attended by training liaison officers representing all immigration service ports. Local training seminars then followed and videos of the original talks were distributed for the information of all grades. In August 1988 a seminar was attended by deportation section staff and those inspectors with delegated authority to authorise the issue of a notice of intention to deport. This was followed up by a further seminar in June 1989 to review the operation of these arrangements. Immigration service law enforcement courses from September 1988 have specifically covered the
888W
Establishment 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 11989 Ashford — — — 1(1) 1(1) — — Bedford — — — 1 — 1(1) — Birmingham — — 2(2) — 1(1) 1(1) — Brixton 4(4) 5(5) 2(2) 2(2) 3(3) 1(1) 1(1) deportation provisions of the Immigration Act 1988 and include lectures from senior officers of the immigration service and the deportation section of the relevant division of the immigration and nationality department. There have been nine such courses so far covering some 150 staff.