PART 3DETAINED PERSONS

Admission and discharge

Reasons for detention and update of claim12

1

The Secretary of State must provide a detained person with written reasons for their detention when they are first detained and following any review of their detention.

2

Where a detained person requests an update on the progress of any relevant matter the Secretary of State must provide that update within a reasonable time.

3

For the purposes of paragraph (2) “relevant matter” means—

a

a claim for asylum;

b

an application for leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom;

c

an application for British nationality;

d

a claim for a right of admission into the United Kingdom under a provision of F1retained EU law ;

e

a claim for a right of residence in the United Kingdom under a provision of F2retained EU law ;

f

the proposed removal or deportation of the detained person from the United Kingdom;

g

an application for bail under the Immigration Acts M1 or under the Special Immigration Appeals Commission Act 1997, or

h

an appeal against, or an application for administrative review or judicial review in relation to, any decision taken in connection with a matter referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) to (g).