Compass Contracts

(asked on 28th June 2017) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Compass asylum accommodation contract, what information her Department holds confirming compliance with smoke or heat detectors and information on action to be taken in the event of a fire, under parts B.4.1.6 and B.4.1.13 respectively of the Schedule 2 statement of requirements in 2016-17.


Answered by
Brandon Lewis Portrait
Brandon Lewis
This question was answered on 3rd July 2017

Asylum accommodation providers are held to the highest standards, including in relation to fire safety. A number of inspections are carried out each year, and where defects are identified we notify the provider and expect these to be fixed within contractual timescales. No issues in relation to fire safety were reported in the years specified under the performance management regime.

However, to provide the specific information requested would require a manual trawl through all inspection and incident reports, which would breach the disproportionate cost threshold.

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