Body responsible for monitoring Year of establishment and legislative references Type of body Number of operations monitored in 2018 Number of returns carried out in 2018 Number of returns carried out in 2018 Reporting Civil society interventions/accessib ility of the information collected Use of Checklist UNITED KINGDOM Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons of England and Wales https://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmiprisons/#.VQb ozXl0ymQ Independent body Information not available Information not available Top 5 nationalities Total 9,474 Albania Men 8,414 Romania Women 1,059 Poland Minors 28 Ukraine Latvia A report is drawn up and addressed to the Home Office, which sends it to the private companies (Mitie Care and Custody) responsible for the return operations There is no involvement of the press or civil society. Theoretically there are no bans, but the Home Office should authorize participation. Instead, NGOs are involved. The Independent Monitoring Board often monitors operations, assisting the HM Inspectorate, however it does not draft any reports The monitors use a specific checklist drawn up by the office, called “expectations” The monitors use a specific template, both for Frontex flights and for national operations