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1546349

registered interest
date	29/11/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Temporary Accommodation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her letter of 18 November 2022 to all hon. and Rt hon. Members on Use of Hotels for Asylum Seekers, if she will place in the Library a copy of a sample factsheet and briefing pack on asylum, asylum support and accommodation.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	98768
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2022 answer text <p>Accommodation costs including costs associated with the provision of goods and services related to accommodation are considered to be commercially confidential, therefore the Home Office does not publish this information. However, total expenditure on asylum is published in the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts, available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ho-annual-reports-and-accounts" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ho-annual-reports-and-accounts</a>.</p><p>The copy of the factsheet and briefing pack will be a live document and will be reviewed regularly.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 98769 question first answered 05/12/2022 12:16:14 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1546356

registered interest
date	29/11/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Temporary Accommodation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the contracts her Department holds with asylum accommodation providers include (a) provisions and (b) key performance indicators concerning the (i) identification and (ii) effective treatment of black mould in that accommodation.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C McDonald
uin	98773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2022 answer text <p>The welfare and safety of all vulnerable asylum seekers in our care is of the utmost importance to the Home Office, and we expect the highest standards from our accommodation providers. Our accommodation providers are contractually obliged to provide adequate accommodation and to conduct regular quality assurance checks across the asylum estate. Accommodation providers complete due diligence checks and all accommodation must be statutorily and regulatory compliant before they are selected. Robust compliance and governance protocols exist to ensure daily engagement is undertaken with our service providers by Home Office officials to ensure and assure that the providers’ operational delivery and overall performance consistently meet the required standards. This is supplemented by weekly, monthly and quarterly governance meetings.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office also has a Contract Assurance team which conducts a range of activities to ensure accommodation providers deliver to the required standards. All contingency accommodation sites are inspected by the team. Dispersal accommodation is also inspected on an intelligence led basis. Properties are checked against the high standards set by the contract. Providers are required to take immediate action to address any issues that are found.</p><p> </p><p>Asylum seekers can raise specific issues or concerns about their accommodation through the 24/7 Advice, Issue Reporting and Eligibility (AIRE) service operated via Migrant Help. Home Office officials review the issues and feedback received via Migrant Help to help understand the health of the service and address any problems, for example, by targeting inspections of properties about which issues have been raised</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 98772 98774 question first answered 02/12/2022 14:49:50 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1546466

registered interest
date	29/11/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Temporary Accommodation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral contribution of 28 November 2022 by the Minister for Immigration on Manston Update, Official Report, column 687, which stately homes are being used to provide accommodation for asylum seekers in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	98823
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2022 answer text <p>For safeguarding reasons, we do not publicly comment on individual hotels which may or may not be utilised.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 06/12/2022 15:32:29 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1545690

registered interest
date	25/11/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Temporary Accommodation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her Answer of 24 November 2022 to Question 88967, how many and what category of incident has each Asylum Accommodation provider reported to the Home Office in each month from January 2010 to November 2022.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	96628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office does not record this data in a reportable format and to provide the information could only be done at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 06/12/2022 17:46:01 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1544874

registered interest
date	23/11/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Temporary Accommodation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what asylum accommodation placements were procured from 23 September 2022 to 23 November 2022, broken down by local authority area.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Paula Barker
uin	94906
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office and its accommodation providers are working closely with Local Authorities across the UK to secure the additional accommodation required to meet our statutory duties toward asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute. Since 13 April 2022, all Local Authority areas in England, Scotland and Wales are expected to participate in a new system of full dispersal accommodation. This Full Dispersal model, announced on 13 April 2022 is supported by £21million of grant funding to ensure eligible <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FLocal_Authorities&amp;data=05%7C01%7CSteven.Howell2%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C61844886acbc4dd0b33808dace23fe7f%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638048951222807473%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Lef2FiodJEOK3j0%2FUh669zhMKF11rfv2YMz9TrOTh0M%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Local Authorities</a> can provide wraparound support locally. Local authorities will also receive £3,500 for each new dispersal accommodation bed space in the 22/23 financial year.</p><p>The latest published Immigration Statistics detail the number of asylum seekers accommodated in each local authority area. These statistics can be found at Asylum and resettlement datasets - <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FGOV&amp;data=05%7C01%7CSteven.Howell2%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C61844886acbc4dd0b33808dace23fe7f%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638048951222963682%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=qelh9mW7H72cxIWhES3NLQDbh%2BqSKOSPqaLn0PP7tgY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">GOV</a>.<a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FUK&amp;data=05%7C01%7CSteven.Howell2%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C61844886acbc4dd0b33808dace23fe7f%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638048951222963682%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=P05xqPhvg4nnzDSJL4tWdMCqI5Ugw7mBAS6khQ0fhDc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">UK</a> (<a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7CSteven.Howell2%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C61844886acbc4dd0b33808dace23fe7f%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638048951222963682%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=%2Bw9RqFXUkX1ijMebALR0dcks64F2ug1J1V7y9a5jCnw%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>). Data is published on a quarterly basis, with the latest information published 25 August 2022. The next quarterly figures are due to be released later this month.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 30/11/2022 11:30:34 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1544875

registered interest
date	23/11/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Temporary Accommodation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers were staying in accommodation in (a) the North West and (b) the South East of England, excluding London, as of 23 November 2022.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Paula Barker
uin	94907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office has a statutory obligation to provide accommodation and other support to asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute while their application for asylum is being considered.</p><p>The latest published Immigration Statistics detail the number of asylum seekers accommodated in each local authority area. These statistics can be found at Asylum and resettlement datasets <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets</a> Data is published on a quarterly basis, with the latest information published 25 August 2022. The next quarterly figures are due to be released later this month.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 01/12/2022 13:42:49 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1543895

registered interest
date	21/11/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Temporary Accommodation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much and what proportion of the official development assistance budget has been spent on (a) Manston immigration centre and (b) temporary accommodation for asylum seekers in the 2022-23 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	92241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office has not used any Official Development Assistance (ODA) funds on Manston immigration centre.</p><p>Provisional and final UK ODA spend data for 2022 will be published as normal in the Spring and Autumn of 2023 respectively. The latest data available is the final data for 2021 UK ODA spend, which was published November 23rd.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 24/11/2022 17:28:28 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1542988

registered interest
date	16/11/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Temporary Accommodation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether asylum accommodation providers are required to record the number of residents who are physically harmed within their properties.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	88967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2022 answer text <p>The safety and wellbeing of asylum seekers in our care is of paramount importance to the Home Office. We expect high standards from all of our providers, and we have a robust governance framework in place to manage service delivery of the Asylum Accommodation Support Contracts (AASC). The contracts stipulate that all incidents must be reported to the Home Office immediately by the accommodation providers.</p><p>We have also worked closely with providers and stakeholders to develop a safeguarding assurance framework which is available at <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fasylum-support-contracts-safeguarding-framework%2Fasylum-support-contracts-safeguarding-framework&amp;data=05%7C01%7CAndrea.Morison%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C448e40e02c014b7a02fb08dabe4c4d92%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638031532169031688%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=lkop%2FCsveH%2B8dcs3qf0bIhGPlZNHzoWCiYu3FBUj7oc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Asylum support contracts safeguarding framework - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>The Asylum Support Contracts Safeguarding Framework is a supplementary document to others that are publicly available. The framework is designed to provide a high-level overview of the responsibilities of all parties and is to be read in conjunction with the safeguarding elements of the Accommodation and Support Contracts (AASC) - Schedule 2 - and the Advice, Issue Reporting and Eligibility Contract (AIRE) - <a href="https://atamis-8888.cloudforce.com/sfc/p/#58000000L5A4/a/4I000001QvgQ/cXZDCFMmFVCQbG7iSrG04g5Zr.ormRgu_3yrBZ3R59o" target="_blank">AIRE Contract</a>. These contracts were designed with safeguarding of the individual at their heart.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 88968 question first answered 24/11/2022 15:08:02 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1542990

registered interest
date	16/11/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Temporary Accommodation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether asylum accommodation providers are required to inform her Department of the number of residents who are physically harmed at their properties.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	88968
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2022 answer text <p>The safety and wellbeing of asylum seekers in our care is of paramount importance to the Home Office. We expect high standards from all of our providers, and we have a robust governance framework in place to manage service delivery of the Asylum Accommodation Support Contracts (AASC). The contracts stipulate that all incidents must be reported to the Home Office immediately by the accommodation providers.</p><p>We have also worked closely with providers and stakeholders to develop a safeguarding assurance framework which is available at <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fasylum-support-contracts-safeguarding-framework%2Fasylum-support-contracts-safeguarding-framework&amp;data=05%7C01%7CAndrea.Morison%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C448e40e02c014b7a02fb08dabe4c4d92%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638031532169031688%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=lkop%2FCsveH%2B8dcs3qf0bIhGPlZNHzoWCiYu3FBUj7oc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Asylum support contracts safeguarding framework - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>The Asylum Support Contracts Safeguarding Framework is a supplementary document to others that are publicly available. The framework is designed to provide a high-level overview of the responsibilities of all parties and is to be read in conjunction with the safeguarding elements of the Accommodation and Support Contracts (AASC) - Schedule 2 - and the Advice, Issue Reporting and Eligibility Contract (AIRE) - <a href="https://atamis-8888.cloudforce.com/sfc/p/#58000000L5A4/a/4I000001QvgQ/cXZDCFMmFVCQbG7iSrG04g5Zr.ormRgu_3yrBZ3R59o" target="_blank">AIRE Contract</a>. These contracts were designed with safeguarding of the individual at their heart.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 88967 question first answered 24/11/2022 15:08:02 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1543049

registered interest
date	16/11/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Temporary Accommodation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) adults and (b) children have been housed in temporary asylum accommodation in Wales in each month in 2022.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	88973
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>Due to the continuing unprecedented high volume of small boats arrivals and the historical pressure from COVID-19 measures on the asylum system it has been necessary to continue to use hotels to accommodate some asylum seekers to meet our immediate statutory need.</p><p>Hotel occupancy levels vary daily. The total number of people housed in temporary asylum accommodation in any one month is not recorded and to provide this information could only be done at disproportionate cost. Statistics relating to supported asylum seekers residing in temporary asylum accommodation are published as Immigration Statistics under the S98 population tables. These statistics can be found at <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistical-data-sets%2Fasylum-and-resettlement-datasets&amp;data=05%7C01%7CSteven.Howell2%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cda392b5f86f44b33a03908dac93cb51b%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638043559808425290%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=uMUF0j5YSMMJ9o38r5HNy3mLE2wOonGWigbGG3OOgPc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">asylum and resettlement detailed datasets</a>.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 88974 question first answered 21/11/2022 17:16:29 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts