Member

The Government do not disclose the detail of contracts with asylum accommodation providers, but I hope that the Minister can answer a couple of questions about hotels. Do the contracts with hotel owners and operators provide for the restoration of the condition of hotels which asylum seekers have moved out of and, if so, are estimates of the costs available? I am not suggesting that asylum seekers set out to wreck accommodation, but, necessarily, surely, some hotels have been adapted and they have been occupied intensively. That must take its toll. Is there a penalty for the Government cutting short the contracts for the use of hotels, which they are doing? Other things being equal, which they are not, that would be a good thing. Will the Home Office be seeking a wider group of providers to service the new sites? I am thinking here of the poor reputation of some of those who have been working in this area. If the Minister would like me to put in a series of Questions for Written Answer, I will do that.