§ Mr. FlookTo 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. FlookTo 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:
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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.