§ Mrs. Curtis-ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the responsibilities are of the Management of Detained Casework Unit within the Immigration and Nationality Directorate in Leeds; what its objectives are for the coming 12 months; and whether it processes the cases of all those detained by the Immigration Service. [115509]
§ Beverley HughesThe Management of Detained Cases Unit (MODCU) has the following broad responsibilities
To review at 28 days, and monthly thereafter, the matter of detention in cases detained by the Immigration Service under paragraph 16 of Schedule 2 of the Immigration Act 1971.To complete casework actions on cases involving substantive asylum claimants who have entered long-term detention, and to progress those cases whereappeal rights have been exhausted towards removal from the United Kingdom.To allocate removal centre beds for family detention, and to closely monitor these cases.Cases may become the responsibility of MODCU at various stages in the process, but with a few exceptions MODCU is generally concerned only with those cases where removal cannot be effected quickly.
MODCU does not process the cases of all those detained by the Immigration Service. For example, cases that can be resolved following relatively short periods of detention remain the responsibility of the ports or local enforcement offices. Cases of those foreign nationals who have been convicted by the courts after committing criminal offences are processed by the Criminal Casework Team (CCT), which is based in Croydon.
MODCU"s objectives for the year 2003–04 are to:
develop strategies for optimum use of the removal estate;prioritise cases entering long-term detention, allocate removal centre space for family removals, and manage detained family cases;remove barriers to removal in long-term detained asylum cases; andreview the detention of those cases held under paragraph 16 of Schedule 2 of the Immigration Act 1971.
§ Mrs. Curtis-ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which port, enforcement office, casework directorate, or similar unit within the Immigration and Nationality Directorate is responsible for authorising the discharge, when appropriate, of persons subject to immigration control from(a) Her Majesty"s Prison, Liverpool and (b) prisons in general; 147W and what the (i) telephone and (ii) fax numbers are that legal representatives of those detained should use in order to contact the units concerned. [115510]
§ Beverley HughesForeign nationals who have been convicted of a criminal offence and who are subject to deportation action following their conviction(s) are dealt with by the Criminal Casework Team in the Immigration and Nationality Direct orate (IND). To be subject to deportation action the Secretary of State would have either acted on a court"s recommendation or decided that deportation would be conducive to the public good.
In these cases it would be the Criminal Casework Teamin IND who would consider whether the subject should be detained under immigration powers beyond the end of the custodial sentence. When a subject is to be detained he/she is automatically sent a reasons for detention letter from the above team giving the reasons for any continued detention. This clearly states Criminal Casework Team"s address, telephone and fax number.
- Criminal Casework Team
- 4th Floor (West)
- Block B
- Whitgift Centre
- CROYDON CR9 1AT
- Telephone Hotline: 020 8760 4072
- Fax: 020 8760 4290
In cases where the subject is held in prison purely on immigration grounds either as an overstayer, illegal entrant or as a Port case who are not subject to deportation action the subject"s continued detention would be considered by the Local Enforcement Office (LEO) that detained them up to 28 days after the initial detention. The case is then normally passed to the Management of Detained Cases Unit (MODCU) who continue monitoring detention.
- MODCU
- Waterside Court
- Kirkstall Road
- LEEDS
- WEST YORKSHIRE
- LS42QB
- Telephone Number: 0113 386 5780
- Fax: 0113 386 5855