Lord Cormack
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(11 years, 11 months ago)
Lords ChamberI am not aware of the fine print of that particular contract, as it was done under a previous Government. A proportion of the assessment centres—currently 31, I believe—are not on the ground floor and lifts must be used. If there is then an emergency, such as a fire, those people will have to go down the stairs, which is obviously not satisfactory. To the extent that people are concerned about that, we make other arrangements: they are visited on the ground floor, somewhere else or at home.
My Lords, Atos is not an acronym in this case; it is the name of the company that does these assessments.