Guidance

Searching policy

Detention services order 09/2012 about searching detainees, staff and visitors at removal centres.

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Home Office and Immigration Enforcement
PublishedPublished:
1 August 2012
Last updatedupdated:
1225 MarchAugust 2026 — See all updates

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Home Office detention services order about searching detainees, staff, visitors, vehicles and mail in removal centres, pre-departure accommodation, short-term holding facilities, and under escort.

Updates to this page

Published 1 August 2012
Last updated 1225 MarchAugust 2026 href="#full-history">+— show Show all updates

  1. Updated to version 7.0 of the guidance; amendment to DET process for seized documents.

  2. The guidance has been updated.

  3. Updated reference to Section 51 of the Immigration Act 2016, as amended by section 44 of the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025.

  4. Updated Detention Services Order 09/2012.

  5. Updated searching policy guidance.

  6. General update to reflect the new searching powers of IA2016.

  7. updated guidance

  8. First published.

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