Source · Select Committees · Home Affairs Committee
Recommendation 24
24
Paragraph: 83
While we welcome the communication of Covid-19 guidance by providers to their service users, we...
Recommendation
While we welcome the communication of Covid-19 guidance by providers to their service users, we urge all providers to check regularly with their service users, and with wider stakeholders, to ensure that they are receiving up to date and timely Covid-19 guidance. This is essential given the Government’s gradual easing of the lockdown restrictions and its fast-changing key messages.
Paragraph Reference:
83
Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government
Acknowledged
throughout the pandemic to ensure accommodation, transportation and support services to eligible asylum seekers are delivered. In accordance with relevant local and national public health requirements providers have made appropriate temporary amendments to their operational practices to ensure the safety of their staff and those they accommodate. strategic stakeholders, including Strategic Migration Partnerships, Local Authorities and non-government organisations informed of how the government is responding to and implementing changes in the asylum accommodation system and will continue to do so. We are grateful for the Committee’s recognition of providers communication to service users. We will continue to work with relevant partners to ensure translated PHE COVID-19 guidance is kept up to date and made available to service users as health guidance evolves. Home Office preparedness for COVID-19 (coronavirus): institutional accommodation: 9