Twenty-Fifth Report - Asylum accommodation and support transformation programme
Select Committee
Public Accounts Committee
HC 683
20 November 2020
Government response
Treasury minutes: Government response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the Twenty fifth report from Session 2019-21 · published 25 Mar 2021
Recommendations & Conclusions
3 results
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Recommendation
Accepted in Part
The Department’s lack of transparency on the service’s performance is hindering the kind of engagement...
Recommendation
The Department’s lack of transparency on the service’s performance is hindering the kind of engagement with stakeholders that it claims to want. The Department has committed to learning lessons from the Windrush scandal, including listening to the people most affected …
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Government Response Summary
The government accepted the recommendation with a target date of July 2021, stating that summary performance data is already being shared and that they are developing a customer insight dashboard and other sources of performance insight for stakeholders.
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Recommendation
Accepted in Part
We received written evidence regarding the health and well-being themes for initial accommodation residents in...
Recommendation
We received written evidence regarding the health and well-being themes for initial accommodation residents in Birmingham, which told us that the Department’s plans to commission additional contingency hotel sites to accommodate asylum seekers were not shared in a reasonable timeframe. …
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Government Response Summary
The government acknowledges engagement mechanisms have not always met stakeholder needs and is taking steps to improve engagement through consulting stakeholders, conducting lessons learned, and developing a Directorate Engagement Strategy, but does not explicitly commit to contacting local health services before relocating asylum seekers.
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Conclusion
Accepted in Part
We asked the Department how it ensured the safety and security of asylum seekers who...
Conclusion
We asked the Department how it ensured the safety and security of asylum seekers who are housed in hotels, particularly given the public interest that this can attract. The Department said that it worked with its providers when they raised …
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Government Response Summary
The government rejects tracking safeguarding by KPI but is implementing a safeguarding assurance framework, including a joint safeguarding board, a national safeguarding forum with local authorities, and local safeguarding groups involving police and other partners to ensure welfare.
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