Freedom of Information and Meta Data request outcomes from Home Office and local authroities in England relating to an examination of bureaucratic Home Office systems relating to mixed immigration-status families, including the use of Section 55 (Borders, Immigration and Citizenship Act, 2009): a mixed methods study.

Keys, Clare (2023) Freedom of Information and Meta Data request outcomes from Home Office and local authroities in England relating to an examination of bureaucratic Home Office systems relating to mixed immigration-status families, including the use of Section 55 (Borders, Immigration and Citizenship Act, 2009): a mixed methods study.

This is a list of all of the Freedom of Information request outcomes and summary of subsequant meta data requests made under the Freedom of Information Act. It reflects a lack of thorough process by many authorities to keep central logs on some child seperation cases. It also highlights that central social care systems used in England do not have a code that allows children with detained parents to be identified for support. Improvements are required in the formal logging of cases by indivuduals, authorities and national systems relating to immigration detention of family members.