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Recommendation 7
7
Home Office failed to robustly apply financial penalties for poor asylum accommodation provider performance.
Conclusion
The Home Office has not taken a sufficiently robust approach to applying financial penalties for poor performance by providers. These have been applied late, if at all, with no explanation of why maximum penalties haven’t been applied. The Home Office does not financially penalise providers for performance failures at hotels, Napier Barracks and Wethersfield. This is an inexplicable and unacceptable failure of accountability. The department’s independent audit of data on performance against KPIs in the asylum accommodation contracts is welcome but long overdue. (Conclusion, Paragraph 53)
Government Response
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