Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department will complete and publish the Safeguarding Framework for its asylum accommodation service and contract.

The safeguarding framework is a living document which is designed to develop and grow throughout the lifetime of the contracts. It is not a contract requirement but is designed to be an overarching set of principles which sit alongside the more formal contract requirements. There are no plans to publish it.

The contracts are designed in a way that safeguarding elements are factored into several of the KPIs, a copy of the contract for Scotland can be found at https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a569f254-af0a-4ec8-a6a1-6622baa435ab.

There are no current plans to introduce a safeguarding KPI although we will keep this under review.