Asylum Seekers: Local Authority Accommodation Debate
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Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede
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Asylum Seekers: Local Authority Accommodation
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Lord Murray of Blidworth (Con)
Clearly, the coalition policy to allow private providers of accommodation to perform that service is working well, and the Government have no intention of revising that policy.
Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (Lab)
My Lords, at the end of last year, the Prime Minister pledged more staff to clear the asylum backlog, when it emerged that the Home Office had failed to process 98% of channel crossing cases in the last 12 months. Can the Minister confirm whether recruitment has begun?
Lord Murray of Blidworth (Con)
Clearly, there was such a commitment. I do not wish to reveal any great secrets, but it is a very high priority for the department and I anticipate that good news will be making its way to this House shortly.