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| UKBA awards contract to track down illegal migrants to UK to Capita | UKBA awards contract to track down illegal migrants to UK to Capita |
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| A bounty has effectively been placed on the head of tens of thousands of illegal migrants after a private company was awarded a multimillion pound contract to track down those refused permission to stay in the UK but whose whereabouts are unknown. | A bounty has effectively been placed on the head of tens of thousands of illegal migrants after a private company was awarded a multimillion pound contract to track down those refused permission to stay in the UK but whose whereabouts are unknown. |
| Capita plc, the support services supplier, has been given a contract worth up to £40m over four years to find more than 170,000 missing migrants, MPs were told on Tuesday by Rob Whiteman, chief executive of the UK Border Agency (UKBA). | Capita plc, the support services supplier, has been given a contract worth up to £40m over four years to find more than 170,000 missing migrants, MPs were told on Tuesday by Rob Whiteman, chief executive of the UK Border Agency (UKBA). |
| The company was brought in after a pilot scheme with another private firm Serco found 20% of those migrants contacted left the UK within six months, according to Whiteman. | The company was brought in after a pilot scheme with another private firm Serco found 20% of those migrants contacted left the UK within six months, according to Whiteman. |
| "The contract is a payment by results, where they will make contact with potential overstayers from our records," he told the Commons home affairs select committee. | "The contract is a payment by results, where they will make contact with potential overstayers from our records," he told the Commons home affairs select committee. |
| "The potential value of the contract, if they performed very well over a four-year period, would be around £40m." | "The potential value of the contract, if they performed very well over a four-year period, would be around £40m." |
| He went on: "Capita will be paid for the number of people they make contact with and [who then] leave. If nobody leaves, because they make contact with them, nobody will get paid." | He went on: "Capita will be paid for the number of people they make contact with and [who then] leave. If nobody leaves, because they make contact with them, nobody will get paid." |
| In July, immigration inspectors disclosed for the first time the existence of a backlog of tens of thousands of cases involving people who have been refused permission to stay in Britain but whose whereabouts are unknown to the authorities. | In July, immigration inspectors disclosed for the first time the existence of a backlog of tens of thousands of cases involving people who have been refused permission to stay in Britain but whose whereabouts are unknown to the authorities. |
| The chief inspector of borders and immigration, John Vine, said at the time that he had discovered the existence of the UK Border Agency's national "migration refusal pool" during his first inspection of a local immigration team. | The chief inspector of borders and immigration, John Vine, said at the time that he had discovered the existence of the UK Border Agency's national "migration refusal pool" during his first inspection of a local immigration team. |
| After his inspection of the Hampshire and Isle of Wight immigration team, Vine said staff reported it being impossible to know whether more than 150,000 migrants who had been refused permission to stay were still in Britain or had left voluntarily. | After his inspection of the Hampshire and Isle of Wight immigration team, Vine said staff reported it being impossible to know whether more than 150,000 migrants who had been refused permission to stay were still in Britain or had left voluntarily. |
| Officials at the UKBA admitted about 40% of those in the "refusal pool" had not even been formally served with the documents informing them that they had to leave Britain within 28 days. | Officials at the UKBA admitted about 40% of those in the "refusal pool" had not even been formally served with the documents informing them that they had to leave Britain within 28 days. |
| The shadow immigration minister, Chris Bryant, called on the home secretary to provide more details of the contract awarded to Capita, saying: "The whole point of a payment by results contract is that you define success for it before it starts. UK Border Agency has revealed that Capita will get £40m from the taxpayer if meets its targets, but UKBA doesn't seem to have any idea of what would constitute a success. | The shadow immigration minister, Chris Bryant, called on the home secretary to provide more details of the contract awarded to Capita, saying: "The whole point of a payment by results contract is that you define success for it before it starts. UK Border Agency has revealed that Capita will get £40m from the taxpayer if meets its targets, but UKBA doesn't seem to have any idea of what would constitute a success. |
| "In a time of austerity, the UKBA and the home secretary should be able to demonstrate that they are providing value of money to the taxpayer." | "In a time of austerity, the UKBA and the home secretary should be able to demonstrate that they are providing value of money to the taxpayer." |
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