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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2018-01-22more like thismore than 2018-01-22
answering body
Home Office more like this
answering dept id 1 more like this
answering dept short name Home Office more like this
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
hansard heading Asylum: Housing more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 8 December 2016, HCWS335, on Asylum Accommodation, how many (a) welfare officers and (b) property management staff have been funded in part or fully from the £1million allocated for that purpose; how much of that £1million has been spent to date; what the new higher price band referred to is; and how many asylum seekers have been accommodated in the new asylum dispersal areas referred to. more like this
tabling member constituency Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East more like this
tabling member printed
Stuart C. McDonald remove filter
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2018-01-29more like thismore than 2018-01-29
answer text <p>The Home Office is committed to ensuring that destitute asylum seekers are accommodated in safe, secure and suitable accommodation whilst their claims are considered and have worked closely with accommodation providers to develop improvements to the service over the lifetime of the contract. The Home Office does not publish data on the number or cost of welfare officers or property management staff employed by asylum accommodation providers, however proposals for additionally funded service provision from each of the provider’s have been assessed and approved. It is a matter for individual providers to utilise the available funding as they deem appropriate. The Department will continue to monitor the providers closely to ensure that they comply with the requirements of the contract and continue these improvements as part of the contract extension.</p><p>Payments made to the service providers are published as part of the transparency data where we publish monthly spend data with all providers where it is in excess of £25k</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asylum-transparency-data-november-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asylum-transparency-data-november-2017</a></p><p>Data on the numbers of asylum seekers in local authority areas is published and can be found at (Asylum Vol 4. Table 16q).</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-july-to-september-2017/how-many-people-do-we-grant-asylum-or-protection-to" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-july-to-september-2017/how-many-people-do-we-grant-asylum-or-protection-to</a></p>
answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North more like this
answering member printed Caroline Nokes more like this
question first answered
less than 2018-01-29T15:42:32.913Zmore like thismore than 2018-01-29T15:42:32.913Z
answering member
4048
label Biography information for Caroline Nokes more like this
tabling member
4393
label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald more like this