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454878

registered interest
date	24/02/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Cardiff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department was informed of plans by Clearsprings to expand asylum accommodation into East Cardiff.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	28423
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office works with its contractors, local authorities and the Strategic Migration Partnerships to ensure that impact of the dispersal of asylum seekers to local authorities is reviewed regularly. The Home Office was aware of the expansion of existing accommodation in East Cardiff. Decisions on the use of accommodation including which premises are used are made by the individual contractors, who bear the cost.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 01/03/2016 17:29:36 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 47892 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

450422

registered interest
date	03/02/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which were the top 10 countries of origin of asylum seekers accommodated in (a) Wales and (b) the UK in each of the last six years.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	25747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes regional data on asylum seekers in receipt of Section 95 Support (dispersed accommodation and subsistence only) by nationality in Table as_17q (Asylum data tables Volume 4) of the quarterly Immigration Statistics release. The top ten nationalities of asylum seekers supported in Wales and the UK as a whole, in each of the last six years, are given in the attached tables.</p><p>A copy of the latest release, Immigration Statistics July – September 2015, is available from https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 09/02/2016 15:16:54 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire attachment 1 file name Tables PQ 25747.xlsx title Asylum seekers in receipt of Section 95 previous answer version 44033 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

450423

registered interest
date	03/02/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Wales
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 who are (a) men, (b) women and (c) under 18 were accommodated by her Department in each constituency in Wales in each of the last six years.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	25749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes quarterly data on the number of asylum seekers in Section 95 dispersal accommodation, by local authority.</p><p>Data regarding the precise locations of asylum applicants cannot be provided at ward or constituency level as to do so would incur disproportionate costs and be precluded by the provisions of the Data Protection Act, given that individuals could reasonably be identified by such data.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 10/02/2016 13:40:24 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 44036 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

450424

registered interest
date	03/02/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Compass Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individual unique addresses asylum seekers were accommodated in by her Department in each constituency in the UK in each of the last six years.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	25748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost. Accommodation for asylum seekers is provided through third party accommodation providers under the COMPASS contracts. The Government does not retain information on the number of unique addresses as there is no direct contractual relationship between the Home Office and private landlords. The Home Office publishes quarterly data on the number of asylum seekers in Section 95 dispersal accommodation, by local authority. Data regarding the precise locations of asylum applicants cannot be provided at ward or constituency level as to do so would incur disproportionate costs and be precluded by the provisions of the Data Protection Act, given that individuals could reasonably be identified by such data.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 09/02/2016 15:14:48 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 44035 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

449462

registered interest
date	01/02/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Compass Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations her Department has made to its contractors for the provision of asylum support services on potential breaches of contract by those contractors.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	25071
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2016 answer text <p>All Home Office contracts include performance standards, which are defined in the contract. These are the primary way in which the Home Office manages service delivery of the contracts.</p><p>The Home Office has a rigorous contract compliance regime in place to ensure that the required performance standards expected of all providers, as defined in the contracts, are met. This includes monthly contract management and quarterly strategic review meetings, as well as regular daily discussions with COMPASS providers’ operational delivery managers about day to day issues.The Home Office investigates complaints it receives from service users and third parties and works with contractors to ensure that any issues raised are addressed promptly.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 09/02/2016 15:12:55 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 43446 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

447253

registered interest
date	25/01/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	ClearSprings Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints her Department has received regarding services provided under contract by Clearsprings from (a) service users and (b) external parties in each of the last six years.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	23909
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2016 answer text <p>Within the terms of the contracts for asylum accommodation the accommodation provider is required to respond to and address complaints from service users and external parties in the first instance. Where a service user or external party is dissatisfied with the response or the measures taken to address their complaint, the complainant may escalate the issue to the Home Office.</p><p>In the years 2010 to 2015 the Home Office has received 60 complaints in total regarding services provided under contract by Clearsprings Ready Homes, broken down by each of the last six years as follows:</p><p>Year No. of complaints</p><p>2010 0</p><p>2011 0</p><p>2012 0</p><p>2013 1</p><p>2014 0</p><p>2015 59</p><p>The complaints have not been categorised to distinguish whether the complainant was a service user or external party.</p><p>On receipt, each complaint is considered, investigated and addressed. If after investigation the Home Office determines that a complaint demonstrates a failure of the contractor to comply with the required standards and the contractor fails to address the complaint there are a range of contractual sanctions that the Home Office can and do impose.</p><p>The Home Office is working with contractors to undertake profiling and trend analysis of complaints, including why there was an increase in 2015. The Home Office is also assessing whether the existing channels are sufficiently capturing service user and external party concerns.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 04/02/2016 15:32:27 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 41640 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

447254

registered interest
date	25/01/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	ClearSprings Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the value is of contracts awarded to Clearsprings by her Department in each of the last six years.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	23910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2016 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">In 2012, Clearsprings Ready Homes (CRH) were awarded 2 contracts for the provision of asylum accommodation, transport and related services. The estimated contract value over seven years (5 + 2) for each region is:</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Wales Region – £75 million.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">London and South of England Region - £55 million.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">In 2006, Clearsprings were awarded 5 contracts for the provision of asylum accommodation and related services. The estimated contract value over the life of the contracts (2006 – 2012) for each of the regions was:</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">London - £88.3 million</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">South East - £25.1million</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">South West - £45.8 million</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">East of England - £17.2 million</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Wales - £68.5 million</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In 2012, Clearsprings Ready Homes (CRH) were awarded 2 contracts for the provision of asylum accommodation, transport and related services. The estimated contract value over seven years (5 + 2) for each region is:</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Wales Region – £55 million.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">London and South of England Region - £75 million.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In 2006, Clearsprings were awarded 5 contracts for the provision of asylum accommodation and related services. The estimated contract value over the life of the contracts (2006 – 2012) for each of the regions was:</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">London - £88.3 million</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">South East - £25.1million</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">South West - £45.8 million</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">East of England - £17.2 million</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Wales - £68.5 million</ins></p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 28/01/2016 16:04:41 question first ministerially corrected 08/03/2016 13:45:26 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 41690 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

447263

registered interest
date	25/01/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Compass Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the delivery standards and criteria her Department sets for housing providers in the provision of housing to asylum seekers.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	23911
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2016 answer text <p>In line with government transparency commitments details of the standards required are already in the public domain.</p><p>The particular document that details the standards is titled ‘COMPASS Project Schedule 2 - Statement of Requirements’ and is available on the Contracts Finder Archive on the Data.Gov.UK Website at https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive/contract/487962/</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 01/02/2016 17:27:47 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 41641 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

447264

registered interest
date	25/01/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	ClearSprings Group
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 have been accommodated by Clearsprings on behalf of her Department in (a) Cardiff, (b) Wales and (c) the UK in each of the last six years.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	23912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2016 answer text <p>Clearsprings Ready Homes provide accommodation for asylum seekers under contract with the Home Office in Wales, London and the South East and South West of the UK only.</p><p>Data provided for September each year in respect of dispersed asylum seekers as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Location</p></td><td><p>Sept 2010</p></td><td><p>Sept 2011</p></td><td><p>Sept 2012</p></td><td><p>Sept 2013</p></td><td><p>Sept 2014</p></td><td><p>Sept 2015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff</p></td><td><p>921</p></td><td><p>856</p></td><td><p>796</p></td><td><p>915</p></td><td><p>909</p></td><td><p>1086</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>1513</p></td><td><p>1446</p></td><td><p>1306</p></td><td><p>1645</p></td><td><p>1938</p></td><td><p>2384</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London and the South</p></td><td><p>1845</p></td><td><p>1574</p></td><td><p>1579</p></td><td><p>1683</p></td><td><p>1839</p></td><td><p>1843</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-july-to-september-2015</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 01/02/2016 17:59:42 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 41642 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

387860

registered interest
date	06/07/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Islamic State: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she last had discussions with the governments of (a) Turkey and (b) Cyprus on the prevention of vulnerable individuals travelling to fight for Daesh is Iraq and Syria.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	5647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>Home Office Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of international partners, as well as organisations and individuals in the public and private sectors, as part of the process of policy development and delivery. Details of these meetings are published on the Cabinet Office website on a quarterly basis.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 14/07/2015 16:02:42 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes previous answer version 13207 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty