The Home Affairs Committee will question Minister for Border Security, Alex Norris MP, and Manager Director of asylum accommodation provider Clearsprings Ready Homes, Steve Lakey.
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\r\nThe session will examine what progress has been made in resolving the issues and developing the long-term strategy for the asylum system. It will examine recent decisions to use large sites at Crowborough Training Camp and Cameron Barracks. Following the Government’s pledge to end the use of asylum hotels it will examine how and when the Government plans to deliver on this commitment.
\r\nThe Committee’s report also highlighted failings in contract management, with the Home Office unaware of when subcontractors were running services and inadequate support services for residents. The session will examine what progress has been made in resolving these failings.
\r\nAhead of the session the Committee has published evidence from local authorities and accommodation providers about the Home Office’s use of Crowborough Training Camp in East Sussex for asylum accommodation, and the departments plans to house asylum seekers at Cameron Barracks in Inverness. Local authorities have criticised the Home Office’s engagement regarding these sites and said that the sites are not suitable for use as asylum accommodation.
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