Asylum: Housing

(asked on 17th October 2018) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what provisions will be in the new asylum accommodation contracts to ensure accommodation is safe for young children and infants before families are placed.


Answered by
Caroline Nokes Portrait
Caroline Nokes
This question was answered on 22nd October 2018

The new contracts will require accommodation providers to provide safe, habitable, fit for purpose and correctly equipped accommodation that complies with the Decent Homes Standard in addition to standards outlined in relevant national or local housing legislation.

The contracts will also include provision for childcare equipment, including cots, high chairs, sterilisation equipment and child safety gates where necessary.

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