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Weekly update from Strategic Migration Partnership (Migration Yorkshire) and Home Office 26th November 2020

  • Numbers of new arrivals into asylum accommodation have reduced slightly recently. Asylum Intake remains steady. Home Office focussed on procurement. The need to source contingency accommodation sites has slowed as a result.
  • Home Office are looking at the new tiered restrictions and how this impacts contract deliverables. Initially, they feel the new restrictions shouldn’t impact providers’ ability to deliver the service.
  • Home Office to begin issuing additional payments to service users in full-board accommodation. As of Monday 30th, SUs will start receiving the £8 per week in payments of £40 to cover for 5 weeks until they receive their ASPEN card. Other additional payments and backdated payments are being worked through and will start being issued. The new ASPEN card is due in March and this transition to the new provider may impact how these payments are issued (see separate blog post with more info on this!)
  • Cessations – no update on negative or positive cessations in light of lockdown ending but Home Office will pause all activity on both negative and positive cases during the Christmas period (23 Dec-4 Jan)

 

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