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Seventy-Sixth Report - The Asylum Transformation Programme
Public Accounts Committee
HC 1334
Published 27 October 2023
Government response
Treasury minutes: Government response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the Seventy-sixth report from Session 2022-23 · published 14 Feb 2024
Recommendations & Conclusions
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Conclusion
Not Addressed
Home Office business case lacks broad assessment of economic and departmental impacts of increased decisions.
Conclusion
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 …
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Government Response 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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Conclusion
Not Addressed
Home Office fails to provide clarity on financial savings from asylum hotel room-sharing.
Conclusion
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 …
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Government Response 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 committee.
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