HC Deb 09 May 2002 vol 385 cc328-9W
Lynne Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 23 January 2002,Official Report, column 938W, what was the total value of payments from the National Asylum Support Service to the reception assistant agencies in respect of the provision of one-stop shop advice services in (a) 2000–01 and (b) 2001–02; and what is the planned value of such payments in 2002–03. [54106]

Angela Eagle

The total value of payments made by the National Asylum Support Service (NASS) to voluntary sector organisations in respect of reception assistants and one stop services is as follows for the following years(a) 2000–01 was £18.3 million and (b) 2001–02 £19.2 million. The planned value of payments for 2002–03 is £18 million. All figures are rounded to the nearest £0.1 million.

Lynne Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 23 January 2002,Official Report, column 938W, what was the total value of payments from the National Asylum Support Service to the reception assistant agencies in respect of the provision of emergency accommodation in (a) 2000–01 and (b) 2001–02; and what is the planned value of such payments in 2002–03. [54105]

Angela Eagle

The total value of payments made by the National Asylum Support Service (NASS) to reception assistants for(a) 2000–01 was £27.5 million and (b) 2001£02 £70 million. The planned value of payments for 2002–03 is £50 million. All figures are rounded to the nearest £0.1 million.

Lynne Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make it the practice of the National Asylum Support Service to issue an acknowledgement of correspondence received from(a) supported asylum seekers and (b) representatives of supported asylum seekers. [54104]

Angela Eagle

The time within which the National Asylum Support Service responds to requests from(a) supported asylum seekers and (b) representatives of supported persons is considered to be sufficiently fast not to warrant introducing a system of routine acknowledgements of correspondence received.