Written question asked by Humfrey Malins (Conservative) on Thursday, 4 July 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 10 July 2002. It was answered by Baroness Hughes of Stretford (Labour) on Wednesday, 10 July 2002 on behalf of the Home Office.

Home Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will commission studies to ascertain the comparative costs of housing asylum seekers in (a) Germany, (b) the Netherlands and (c) the United Kingdom. - (Holding answer 9 July 2002).

Answer: Mr. Malins: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will commission studies to ascertain the comparative costs of housing asylum seekers in (a) Germany, (b) the Netherlands and (c) the United Kingdom. [68622] Beverley Hughes: [holding answer 9 July 2002]: The Home Office is not planning to commission research on the comparative costs of housing asylum seekers in (a) Germany, (b) the Netherlands and (c) the United Kingdom. The Home Office has however, commissioned research to examine the reception policies and practice of four European countries (Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands and Germany). This includes an analysis of the impact of accommodation centres on (1) application rates, (2) the speed of the determination process, (3) the facilitation of return and removals, and (4) integration. Comparative costs of accommodation centres and dispersal support and accommodation in the United Kingdom will be evaluated as part of the accommodation centres trial.

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