Question follow-through · 48802

Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration: Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what stages of recruitment are still to be completed for the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration role.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
28 Apr 2025
Target answer date
30 Apr 2025
Answer
19 May 2025 · 21 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 28 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what stages of recruitment are still to be completed for the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration role.

  2. 30 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 19 May 2025

    Answer published

    The Home Affairs Select Committee’s pre-appointment hearing with the Government’s preferred candidate took place on 11 February.Once Ministers have finalised the appointment and the terms of appointment have been agreed, the new ICIBI will be announced in...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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