In a written statement to MPs, Home Office minister Tony McNulty admitted that the man had gone missing, prompting Shadow Home Secretary David Davis to brand the orders ‘ineffective’.
Reports suggest that the Iraqi, who cannot be named, is one of 17 men on the orders designed to supervise suspected terrorists.
McNulty’s statement said that “locating this individual is an operational matter for the police, and an active investigation is under way”.
Control orders were set up in March 2005 when Lords decided that foreign terror suspects could not lawfully be held without trial.
The orders affect what people can do, including the implementation of curfews and restrictions on the use of technology such as mobile phones. However, suspects are allowed to leave their house for part of the day.
Six other suspects have gone missing whilst on control orders.
