AQW 2245/22-27

Mr John Blair
Alliance Party
South Antrim

Tabled Date: 28/06/2022
Answered On Date: 21/07/2022
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the mechanisms her Department uses to cooperate with the Home Office on monitoring devolved services for asylum seekers.

Answer:

Issues around immigration, including accommodation and support for asylum seekers, are excepted matters and do not fall within my Department’s remit.

The Executive Office has strategic responsibility for interactions with the Home Office and chairs the Strategic Planning Group (SPG) on Refugees and Asylum Seekers. Officials from my Department attend the SPG.