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Twenty-Fifth Report - Asylum accommodation and support transformation programme

Public Accounts Committee HC 683 Published 20 November 2020

Report Status

Government responded

Conclusions & Recommendations

24 items (6 recs)

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Government Response

AI assessment · 23 of 24 classified

Accepted 10

Accepted in Part 3

Acknowledged 2

Deferred 1

Not Addressed 6

Rejected 1

Government response

Treasury minutes: Government response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the Twenty fifth report from Session 2019-21 · published 25 Mar 2021

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Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item

24 Recommendation Rejected

We asked why, if safeguarding was essential to the new contracts, the Department’s accommodation contract...

Recommendation

We asked why, if safeguarding was essential to the new contracts, the Department’s accommodation contract with providers did not contain a key performance indicator for safeguarding asylum seekers. The Department agreed that this was a critical aspect of the new … Read more

Government Response Summary

The government rejects the idea of a specific key performance indicator for safeguarding, stating it wouldn't meaningfully capture the wide range of activities. It details existing efforts to work with partners and stakeholders to develop a safeguarding assurance framework, without committing to its publication.

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