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Asylum: Housing

Volume 506: debated on Tuesday 23 February 2010

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 21 October 2009, Official Report, column 1529W, on “Asylum: Housing”, how much has been spent on each of the 30 contracts for providing housing for asylum seekers. (311730)

The following table details expenditure from the onset of contracts in 2006 until 29 November 2009. The total figures have been taken from internal management information and the figures for provider spend have not been specifically audited independently. Figures have been rounded to one decimal point. Four of the contracts are no longer operational.

Accommodation costs 2006-09

Supplier

Total (£ million)

Angel Group (NE)

14.9

Angel Group (Scotland)

26.2

Angel Group (Y and H)

46.2

Astonbrook (SW)

6.3

Astonbrook Housing Ass(Wales)

6.0

Astonbrook Housing Ass(WM)

15.9

Cardiff CC (Wales)

14.5

Clearsprings (EofE)

8.2

Clearsprings (LDN)

27.4

Clearsprings (SE)

8.8

Clearsprings (SW)

18.0

Clearsprings (Wales)

19.2

North West Consortium

36.9

West Midlands Consortium

28.7

Y and H Consortium

72.0

Glasgow City Council

51.1

Happy Homes UK Limited

37.3

Jomast

6.0

Kimberly Group

14.2

Liverpool City Council

14.3

NECARS

38.6

NIHE

2.7

Nottingham City Council

19.0

Priority Properties (EM)

10.2

Priority Properties (NW)

20.5

Priority Properties (WM)

27.9

Priority Properties (Y and H)

19.5

Refugee HA Ltd

10.9

Swansea City Council

3.5

United Property MGMT (LDN)

19.5

United Property MGMT (NW)

26.4

United Property MGMT (WM)

41.7

United Property MGMT (Y&H)

25.8

YMCA Glasgow (Scotland)

13.8

Additional payments of £3.6 million and £2.0 million were paid to Angel and Clearsprings respectively for the provision of Section 4 accommodation spread between their regional contracts.