David Anderson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Anderson on 2014-04-29.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to ensure the viability of the financial position of the North East Refugee Service; and for what reasons her Department has not yet paid exit costs to that organisation.

James Brokenshire

Negotiations on the exit claim are underway between the Home Office and the
Refugee Council and we hope to conclude these as soon as possible. The North
of England Refugee Service was a subcontractor of the Refugee Council, and the
Home Office is therefore unable to negotiate directly with the North of England
Refugee Service.