Written Question·Home Office·UIN 190264

Asylum: Housing

Tabled: 20 June 2023
Answered: 28 June 2023

Question

Dawn Butler

LabourBrent East

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much money her Department paid to it's contractor Clear Springs for asylum accommodation in the London Borough of Brent in each year since 2015.

Answer

Robert Jenrick

Our accommodation providers are contractually obliged to provide adequate accommodation and to conduct regular quality assurance checks across the asylum estate. Accommodation providers complete due diligence checks and all accommodation must be statutorily and regulatory compliant before they are selected.