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Asylum Accommodation and UK-Rwanda partnership

Status: Closed Opened: 11 Mar 2024 Closed: 29 May 2024 4 recommendations 28 conclusions 1 report

Asylum accommodation The Home Office is responsible for asylum and protection in the UK, including supporting destitute people who seek asylum by providing financial support and accommodation. At the end of June 2023, accommodation was provided to around 113,000 people seeking asylum, around 51,000 of whom were staying in hotels. In 2022-23, the Home Office …

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Thirty-Fourth Report - Asylum Accommodation and UK-Rwanda p… HC 639 29 May 2024 32 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

2 items
30 Recommendation Thirty-Fourth Report - Asylum Accommoda… Deferred

The Accounting Officer told us that he received regular advice on a range of Home...

The Accounting Officer told us that he received regular advice on a range of Home Office issues including each part, and the totality, of the programme of activity to stop the crossings of small boats and deter illegal migration. The Accounting Officer accepted his obligation to provide AO assessment summaries …

Government response. The government agrees to produce Accounting Officer Assessments (AOAs) for required programmes, but no target implementation date can be provided yet as it depends on project development and ministerial views. Discussions on some programmes mean AOAs will not yet be …
HM Treasury
31 Conclusion Thirty-Fourth Report - Asylum Accommoda… Deferred

The Home Office told us that the number of people that could be relocated to...

The Home Office told us that the number of people that could be relocated to Rwanda under the partnership is uncapped. We asked about its ability to scale up to relocate more than 50,000 people to Rwanda and if it had a “plan B” if flights to Rwanda could not …

Government response. The government agrees in principle to address the issues raised, but states that target implementation dates are "to be advised" as they are dependent on project development and ministerial views, and defers updates on negotiations to "in due course."
HM Treasury

Oral evidence sessions

1 session
Date Witnesses
15 Apr 2024 Dan Hobbs · Home Office, Joanna Rowland · Home Office, Simon Ridley · Home Office, Sir Matthew Rycroft KCMG CBE · Home Office View ↗

Correspondence

2 letters
DateDirectionTitle
20 May 2024 — Correspondence from David Fairbrother, Treasury Officer of Accounts, HM Treasur…
29 Apr 2024 — Correspondence from Sir Matthew Rycroft, Permanent Secretary, Home Office, re A…