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Home Office has established arrangements to monitor Rwanda payments and individual residence in country.
Conclusion
The National Audit Office found that the Home Office had established arrangements to test whether the partnership was working and to oversee payments. We asked whether payments would stop if an individual left Rwanda, and how the Home Office would know if this had happened. The Home Office explained that under the terms of its agreement, the Rwandan government would be required to provide detailed information on a regular basis, including reporting individuals’ on-going residence in Rwanda. We asked the Home Office how it was ensuring that the necessary safeguards were in place to protect taxpayers’ money spent on the scheme. The Home Office also told us that it had established two monitoring committees and had staff in Rwanda’s capital, Kigali, in readiness for the transfer of individuals. We also asked how the Home Office would ensure that the Rwandan government spent the money provided on services for those that are relocated from the UK. It explained that the Rwandan Government will be required to provide reports to the monitoring committees to ensure that money provided under the agreement is spent on providing the agreed services.47 The Accounting Officer’s responsibilities to Parliament
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 11 July 2025. Response attribution to this conclusion has not been verified. Read the response document.
Source
Committee
Public Accounts Committee
Report
Thirty-Fourth Report - Asylum Accommodation and UK-Rwanda partnership
29 May 2024
HC 639
Addressee Bodies
HM Treasury
Timeline
Recommendation age
2.3 yrs
Report published
29 May 2024