Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the report by the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration entitled An inspection of contingency asylum accommodation, published on 12 May 2022, what assessment she has made of the potential implications of the report for Northern Ireland; and whether her Department plans to implement the recommendations of the report in Northern Ireland.

The department has reviewed the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration’s report internally to understand the impacts of this for our teams and providers and their respective regions, and work on realising the recommendations put forth is already underway.

The recommendations are estate wide and the department will work to ensure they are followed throughout the entirety of the UK through the well-established assurance and project governance structures, alongside relevant recommendations from previous reports.