Select Committee · Public Accounts Committee

Asylum accommodation: Home Office acquisition of former HMP Northeye

Status: Closed Opened: 31 Oct 2024 Closed: 3 Apr 2025 1 recommendation 30 conclusions 1 report

The Home Office is responsible for asylum in the UK, as well as for supporting people seeking asylum by providing financial support and accommodation while it determines their asylum claim. The previous Government sought to reduce the use of hotels as accommodation by setting up sites including barges and disused military bases. The Home Office …

Clear

Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
7th Report - Asylum accommodation: Home Office acquisition … HC 361 5 Feb 2025 31 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item
3 Recommendation 7th Report - Asylum accommodation: Home… Accepted

Set out staffing levels and plans for strengthening commercial capability within asylum accommodation team.

The Home Office failed to ensure it had sufficient capability to manage the commercial and property risks during its acquisition of the Northeye site. In 2023, the Home Office was acquiring several large asylum accommodation sites at the same time but lacked the in-house skills and capacity to effectively manage …

Government response. The government accepts the recommendation, detailing increased commercial and property capability within the Home Office's asylum accommodation team, including new senior appointments, an additional Commercial Specialist, and an increase of three professionally qualified resources since the Northeye acquisition. It also …
HM Treasury

Oral evidence sessions

1 session
Date Witnesses
9 Dec 2024 Belinda Mather · Home Office, Joanna Rowland · Home Office, Sir Matthew Rycroft KCMG CBE · Home Office View ↗

Correspondence

5 letters
DateDirectionTitle
7 Apr 2025 To cttee Letter from the Second Permanent Secretary of the Home Office relating to Commi…
31 Mar 2025 To cttee Letter from the Permanent Secretary of the Home Office relating to PAC’s 07th R…
31 Mar 2025 To cttee Letter from the Permanent Secretary of the Home Office relating to the oral evi…
9 Dec 2024 To cttee Letter from the Permanent Secretary of the Home Office relating to the Home Off…
5 Dec 2024 From cttee Letter to the Permanent Secretary of the Home Office relating to the Committee’…