HL Deb 19 December 2001 vol 630 cc50-2WA
Lord Greaves

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Which accommodation providers are currently contracted with the National Asylum Support Service to provide accommodation for asylum seekers; and for each provider how many places they are contracted to provide and where. [HL2028]

Lord Rooker

The National Asylum Support Service (NASS) has entered into contracts with accommodation providers from both the private and public sector, a registered social landlord and a charity. The organisations are as follows:

  • Public sector
  • Cardiff City Council
  • Devon County Council
  • East Midlands Consortium
  • Glasgow City Council
  • North East Consortium
  • North West Consortium
  • Northern Ireland Housing Executive
  • Peterborough City Council
  • Southampton City Council
  • West Midlands Consortium
  • Yorkshire and Humberside Consortium
  • Private sector
  • Adelphi Hotels
  • Angel Group Limited
  • Capital Accommodation Limited
  • Clearsprings
  • Landmark
  • Leena Corporation
  • Roselodge Limited
  • Registered social landlord
  • Safehaven
  • Charity
  • YMCA Glasgow

Accommodation for asylum seekers is most usually located in cluster areas. To date NASS has established 75 cluster areas as follows:

Region Cluster
East of England Ipswich
Norwich
Cambridge
Great Yarmouth
Peterborough
East Midlands Leicester
Nottingham
Lincoln
Derby
Greater London London
South Central and East Brighton & Hove
Hastings & St. Leonards
Southampton
Portsmouth
North East Newcastle
Middlesbrough
Sunderland
North Tyneside
Gateshead
South Tyneside
Redcar & Cleveland
Hartlepool
Darlington
Stockton on Tees
North West Manchester (Gtr Manchester)
Bolton (Gtr Manchester)
Bury (Gtr Manchester)
Oldham (Gtr Manchester)
Rochdale (Gtr Manchester)
Region Cluster
Salford (Gtr Manchester)
Stockport (Gtr Manchester)
Tameside (Gtr Manchester)
Trafford (Gtr Manchester)
Wigan (Gtr Manchester)
Burnley
Blackburn
Liverpool
Nelson
Northern Ireland Belfast
Other
Scotland Edinburgh
Glasgow
South West Bristol
Gloucester
Swindon
Taunton & Bridgewater
Exeter
South Gloucestershire
Torbay
Plymouth
North Somerset
Bath
Wales Cardiff
Newport
Swansea
Wrexham
Bridgend & Porthcawl
West Midlands Birmingham
Coventry
Wolverhampton
Dudley
Sandwell
Solihull
Walsall
Stoke on Trent
Yorkshire & Humberside Sheffield
Bradford & Keighley
Leeds
Rotherham
Wakefield
Hull
Kirklees
Doncaster
Halifax
Barnsley
Grimsby

I regret that I am unable to supply information about how many spaces they are contracted to provide since details of individual contracts between NASS and its suppliers are commercial in confidence.