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While the Programme aims to increase the number of asylum decisions that the Home Office makes, the Home Office acknowledged that it has not looked broadly enough at benefits and costs beyond the asylum and protection team of increasing decisions.33 For example, its business case does not account for economic …
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While the Programme aims to increase the number of asylum decisions that the Home Office makes, the Home Office acknowledged that it has not looked broadly enough at benefits and costs beyond the asylum and protection team of increasing decisions.33 For example, its business case does not account for economic benefits, such as someone receiving a decision and being able to move into work.34 The Home Office acknowledged that there will be an impact on HM Courts & Tribunals Service, who will need to manage more appeals against asylum decisions and Immigration Enforcement, who may need to 24 Qq 119–120 25 TAP0004; TAP0005 26 C&AG’s Report, para 3.12 27 TAP0005; C&AG’s Report, para 3.11 28 C&AG’s Report, para 3.12 29 Q 57 30 Q 43; C&AG’s Report, para 3.12 31 Home Office, Immigration system statistics: Asylum and Resettlement - Summary tables: Asy_10a, 24 August 2023 32 C&AG’s Report, para 3.14 33 Q 128 34 Qq 129–130; C&AG’s Report, para 9 The Asylum Transformation Programme 11 detain and remove the increased number of people who are refused asylum. The Home Office also listed the Department for Work & Pensions and the Department for Education as bodies that would be affected by the Programme.35
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Government response AI summary
The government states it will not publish the Programme’s Business Case, as it is not standard practice, but offers a private meeting to explain how impacts were modelled once HM Treasury approval is received.
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The Home Office explained that, as a way to limit the number of hotels it is using, it will accommodate more people in each hotel by increasing the amount of room-sharing.55 It told us that it had so far increased the number of beds available in hotels by a number …
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The Home Office explained that, as a way to limit the number of hotels it is using, it will accommodate more people in each hotel by increasing the amount of room-sharing.55 It told us that it had so far increased the number of beds available in hotels by a number “in the high hundreds” through room sharing, and that its providers were working with hotels so that more room sharing could be implemented.56 The Home Office told us that it was confident this could provide “several thousand” more beds.57 However, it said that it pays its providers by bed rather than per room and was very vague about how much money the increased room-sharing would save, and promised to come back to us to share the detail.58 The Home Office did write to us on 18 August 2023, but the letter provided little clarity as to how room sharing would result in savings and did not state how much money that the Home Office expects to save.59
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Government response AI summary
The government disagrees with the committee's observation, reiterating its plan to reduce reliance on hotels by optimising existing use, increasing room sharing, and delivering alternative accommodation, stating it has begun closing over 50 hotels. It does not provide the specific savings figures requested by the …
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