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Thirty-Fourth Report - Asylum Accommodation and UK-Rwanda partnership
Public Accounts Committee
HC 639
Published 29 May 2024
Government response
Treasury minutes: Government response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the Thirty-fourth report from Session 2023-24 · published 11 Jul 2025
Recommendations & Conclusions
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Conclusion
Rejected
Urgently develop robust evaluation strategy for third country asylum policy deterrent effect and value for money.
Conclusion
The Home Office does not yet know how it will evaluate the impact and value for money of the Rwanda partnership. The success of the Rwanda partnership is dependent on whether it deters people from making dangerous and illegal journeys …
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Government Response Summary
The government will not proceed with developing an evaluation strategy or assessing value for money because the Migration and Economic Development Partnership policy has been ceased.
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24
Conclusion
Rejected
Rwanda partnership's value for money depends on deterring a significant number of illegal entries.
Conclusion
The success—and value for money—of the Rwanda partnership depends on whether it deters people from making dangerous and illegal journeys to the UK, including small boat crossings. In 2023, the Home Office estimated that illegal entries need to reduce by …
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Government Response Summary
The government notes the recommendation, stating that the evaluation of deterrent impact and value for money for the MEDP policy will not proceed because the policy's operationalisation has ceased.
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26
Conclusion
Rejected
Home Office lacks clear methodology and data for assessing Rwanda scheme's deterrent effect.
Conclusion
Assessing the deterrent effect, and thus value for money, of the scheme will be complex. The Home Office recognised that it will be difficult to isolate the impact of the Rwanda partnership from other government policies intended to stop small …
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Government Response Summary
The government states that the evaluation of the deterrent impact and value for money for the MEDP policy will not proceed because the policy's operationalisation has ceased.
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