Question follow-through · 108911

Asylum: Temporary Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the contract, Provision of Bridging Accommodation and Travel Services, procurement reference CCTM22A01, what cost is incurred by the requirement that where a service user arrives lat

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
27 Jan 2026
Target answer date
29 Jan 2026
Answer
6 Feb 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 27 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the contract, Provision of Bridging Accommodation and Travel Services, procurement reference CCTM22A01, what cost is incurred by the requirement that where a service user arrives lat

  2. 29 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 6 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    Prior to receiving internal, Home Office Commercial approvals, to award this contract supplier performance was reviewed and due diligence was carried out. Necessary external approvals from Cabinet Office Spend Controls were also obtained prior to the cont...

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Possible follow-up questions

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Asylum: Finance

28 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to contract “Support Payment Card”, procurement reference 429018/1483183, which officials and Ministers approved the final award decision, and on what dates.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Asylum: Finance

28 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, With reference to contract “Support Payment Card”, procurement reference 429018/1483183, whether alternative delivery models were considered prior to awarding the contract, including in-house provisio

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Asylum: Finance

28 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to contract “Support Payment Card”, procurement reference 429018/1483183, what the administrative cost is for each card, excluding the value of payments loaded onto cards.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Asylum: Finance

28 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to contract “Support Payment Card”, procurement reference 429018/1483183, what controls exist to prevent (a) unnecessary and (b) duplicate payments being issued.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Asylum: Finance

28 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to contract “Support Payment Card”, procurement reference 429018/1483183, how many replacement cards were received; and what was the total cost to the public purse of the replacement.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Asylum: Finance

28 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to contract “Support Payment Card”, procurement reference 429018/1483183, how many staff delivering services are subject to Security Clearance (SC); and what the average cost of clearan

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Asylum: Finance

28 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to contract “Support Payment Card”, procurement reference 429018/1483183, why parts of the documentation relating to the contract are marked official sensitive; and what criteria are us

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Asylum: Finance

28 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the contract Support Payment Card, procurement reference 429018/148318, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of commercial confidentiality under that contract on pr

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Asylum: Contracts

28 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total value of all active asylum-related contracts currently held by her Department is, broken down by supplier and contract type.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Asylum: Contracts

28 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of asylum-related expenditure is delivered through outsourced contracts rather than in-house provision.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Home Office: Procurement

28 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what checks are undertaken by her Department on bidders’ prior performance on other public sector contracts, including any history of underperformance or contract failure, during the bidding process f

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Asylum: Contracts

28 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what Key Performance Indicators are commonly applied across asylum contracts.