Guidance

Reporting and communicating incidents

Detention services order 05/2015 about reporting and communicating incidents in detention centres.

• From: Home Office and Immigration Enforcement
• Published: 14 December 2015
• Last updated: 1 October 2024 — See all updates

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Home Office detention services order on reporting and communicating incidents in detention centres and during in country and overseas escorting (including charter flights).

Published 14 December 2015
Last updated 1 October 2024 + show all updates

1. 1 October 2024

   Updates: clarified reporting requirements (including initial notification requirements); updated red and amber incident copy lists; included detail around raising a critical incident; included incident type list; self-audit section added. Annex A: reporting template has been incorporated into the new version.

2. 15 March 2022

   Added accessible versions of documents.

3. 1 April 2021

   Updated reporting and communicating incidents in the immigration detention estate guidance, April 2021.

4. 2 July 2020

   Updated to include the distribution of roles between compliance teams and DETs; taken out of hours element to include incidents at all hours.

5. 18 July 2017

   Updated guidance.

6. 16 May 2016

   Updated detention services order 05/2015.

7. 29 April 2016

   Updated DSO 05/2015.

8. 4 April 2016

   Updated guidance.

9. 14 December 2015

   First published.