HC Deb 31 March 2003 vol 402 cc572-3W
Mr. Flook

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to his Answer of 18 March,Official Report, column 697W, if he will publish the strict specification laid down by the National Asylum Advisory Service for accommodation for asylum seekers in cluster areas. [105671]

Beverley Hughes

[holding answer 28 March 2003]: I have placed a copy of the relevant schedule to the model contract in the Library.

Mr. Flook

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to his Answer of 18 March,Official Report, column 697W, if he will publish the defined areas identified as suitable for the provision of accommodation of asylum seekers in cluster areas. [105672]

Beverley Hughes

[holding answer 28 March 2003]: The information requested is as follows:

Cluster areas shown by region
Region Cluster Region Cluster
North East Newcastle Bath
Middlesborough Wales Cardiff
Sunderland Newport
North Tyneside Swansea
Gateshead Wrexham
South Tyneside Bridgend and Portcawl
Redcar and Cleveland West Midlands Birmingham
Hartlepool Coventry
Darlington Wolverhampton
Stockton on Tees Dudley
Manchester (Gtr Man) Sandwell
Bolton (Gtr Man) Solihull
Bury (Gtr Man) Walsall
Oldham (Gtr Man) Stoke on Trent
Rochdale (Gtr Man) Yorkshire and Humberside Sheffield
Salford (Gtr Man) Bradford and Keighley
Stockport (Gtr Man) Leeds
Thameside (Gtr Man) Rotherham
Trafford (Gtr Man) Wakefield
Wigan (Gtr Man) Hull
Burnley Kirklees
Blackburn Doncaster
Liverpool Halifax
Nelson Barnsley
Grimsby

Northern Ireland is not a cluster area but asylum seekers making their application there can, if they request it, be provided with accommodation there.

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