Question follow-through · 1717

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to (a) review and (b) update her Department's list of subcontractors working on behalf of (i) Serco, (ii) Mears and (iii) Clearsprings Ready Homes to provide asylum accommodation.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
25 Jul 2024
Target answer date
30 Jul 2024
Answer
30 Jul 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 25 Jul 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to (a) review and (b) update her Department's list of subcontractors working on behalf of (i) Serco, (ii) Mears and (iii) Clearsprings Ready Homes to provide asylum accommodation.

  2. 30 Jul 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 30 Jul 2024

    Answer published

    Yes, the Home Office plans to review the list of material sub-contractors.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

Later records

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