To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether risk management information and contingency plans on the transition to the new asylum accommodation provider in the North East have been shared with local authorities involved in dispersal in that region. Home Office Asylum: Housing Biography information for Alex Cunningham Stockton North Home Office 2019-07-03 1 2019-07-09T11:16:44.973Z Romsey and Southampton North Caroline Nokes false 2019-07-09 Biography information for Caroline Nokes <p>The Home Office has designed the Asylum Accommodation and Support Transformation project to replace the current asylum accommodation and support services to ensure a smooth transition of services from one Provider to another. The transition governance structure has allowed the Home Office and its Providers to work closely with local authorities and other statutory partners to oversee regional plans and monitor and manage emerging risks and issues including ensuring effective contingency measures are in place to minimise impacts to all Service Users.</p><p>In the North East Yorkshire Humber region, Mears continue in commercial discussion with their potential supply chain, sub-contractors and landlords to ensure there is suitable and sufficient accommodation available to ensure a smooth transition of services before the current COMPASS contracts end in September 2019. Information regarding emerging risks and contingency plans will continue to be shared through the transition governance structures as those discussions conclude.</p> Home Office 272835 House of Commons false Alex Cunningham 1 1 10 1 0