When we asked the Home Office how it was ensuring the safety of the people it is pairing up to share a hotel room, it was unable to clearly articulate its plans and said that there “might be people for whom it is not appropriate if they share”.67 It said it was looking at the records it holds, at the experience of people who were already living in its estate, and at nationality and language.68 It provided no further detail when we asked specifically whether it would consider mental health.69 ...

When we asked the Home Office how it was ensuring the safety of the people it is pairing up to share a hotel room, it was unable to clearly articulate its plans and said that there “might be people for whom it is not appropriate if they share”.67 It said it was looking at the records it holds, at the experience of people who were already living in its estate, and at nationality and language.68 It provided no further detail when we asked specifically whether it would consider mental health.69 We asked if anybody was speaking to the asylum seekers or completing an assessment, as would be the case for a social services placement, and the Home Of Type: conclusion | Number: 22 | Response status: not_accepted Government response: 5.1 The government disagrees with the Committee’s recommendation. 5.2 The department’s headline safeguarding approach is set out in the safeguarding strategy. There is significant safeguarding information available not provided at the Committee session but set out