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<p>The following covid-compliant measures have been implemented at Napier Barracks:</p><ul><li>2
metres distance between beds since it opened.</li><li>Strengthened cleaning regime
in March.</li><li>Personal cleaning equipment is provided to service users.</li><li>3
lateral flow tests a week from June having risen from 2 weekly lateral flow tests
in April.</li><li>Participant of Test and Trace.</li><li>Staggered access to communal
areas including the canteen since communal areas re-opened in May.</li><li>Provision
of hand sanitiser around the site since it opened.</li><li>Signage on covid compliance
around the site in various languages and pictogram.</li><li>Reduction in overall capacity
from 399 to 337 from April.</li></ul><p>Due to the temporary and transient nature
of Initial Accommodation, we publish stats which show how many asylum seekers are
accommodated in each Local Authority, rather than by individual location:</p><p><a
href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-march-2021"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-march-2021</a></p>
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