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Thirty-Fourth Report - Asylum Accommodation and UK-Rwanda partnership
Public Accounts Committee
HC 639
Published 29 May 2024
Recommendations
30
Deferred
The Accounting Officer told us that he received regular advice on a range of Home...
Recommendation
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 …
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Government Response Summary
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 published.
HM Treasury
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Conclusions (1)
31
Conclusion
Deferred
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 Summary
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."