A report of the findings and recommendations was presented to the Government in late 2019. UNHCR would like to thank the Home Office for the positive collaboration on this audit. Since the introduction of the SDP in 2013 and up to the end of 2019, there have been 161 grants of leave to remain on initial decisions.9 This report reviews 36 decisions (both grants and refusals) by the Home Office under the SDP. Home Office case file reference numbers have been removed from this report for the purposes of data protection. This report aims to assess the quality of decision making in these cases and makes key recommendations seen as crucial for the strengthening and transparency of the SDP. Recommendations are listed throughout the report and include the following: 9 • Comprehensive revision and development of training for decisionmakers working in the SDP • Amendments to the Immigration Rules and policy guidance concerning statelessness • Introduction of a right of appeal on decisions on statelessness leave • Introduction of legal aid for applications for statelessness leave • Publication of statistics on applications and decisions made under the SDP • Development of the quality assurance framework for the monitoring of the quality of statelessness leave decisions This figure was provided by the Home Office and is revised down from 2018 because the previous annual figure combined grants of statelessness leave from both initial decisions and subsequent grants made after the initial period of leave had expired. Image © UNHCR/Greg Constantine 7 7