Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the value is of the contracts awarded to Clearsprings Ready Homes Ltd for running the temporary accommodation site for asylum seekers at (a) Penally camp in Pembrokeshire and (b) Napier barracks in Kent.
We do not publish the costs of our accommodation & support contracts as they are considered commercially sensitive.
The use of MoD sites lessens our reliance on hotels and provides savings for the taxpayer of approximately 50 per cent.
We are working to reduce the cost of the asylum system, which is under significant pressure, and are considering a number of accommodation options while we fix the broken asylum system to make it firmer and fairer.