Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they have taken to monitor the performance of contractors providing accommodation for asylum seekers.

Asylum seeker accommodation is provided through a suite of private providers. The performance of these providers is monitored via the Key Performance Indicator (KPI) regime, details of which are set out in their contracts and cover the provision of the whole service. These are monitored formally, on a monthly basis, at Contract Management meetings between the providers and representatives of UK Visas and Immigration.