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Committee takes evidence on asylum accommodation

19 November 2018

The Home Affairs Committee hears from the Rt Hon Caroline Nokes MP, Minister of State for Immigration, and Home Office officials, on asylum accommodation contracts that are up for tender.

Witnesses

Wednesday 21 November in the Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

At 2.30pm

  • Rt Hon Caroline Nokes MP, Minister of State for Immigration
  • Paul Morrison, Resettlement Asylum Support and Integration
  • Sean Palmer, Acting Director, Immigration and Protection and SRO – Asylum Accommodation and Support Transformation

The session is likely to cover:

  • The relationship between Government and local authorities in respect of support for asylum seekers
  • Operation of the dispersal policy
  • The transition to new asylum accommodation contracts in 2019
  • Accommodation standards

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