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Written Parliamentary Question: 20th June 2006

National Asylum Support Service
Q:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) properties and (b) bed spaces are available for use under National Asylum Support Service contracts, broken down by local authority; how many of these were (i) occupied and (ii) unoccupied at the end of March 2006; and what the mean cost was of each (A) bed space and (B) property as at the end of March 2006, broken down by local authority. (John Hemming)
A:Under its new accommodation contracts the National Asylum Support Service (NASS) no longer procures or maintains properties or bed spaces. (Liam Byrne, Minister of State (Immigration, Citizenship and Nationality), Home Office)

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