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Michael Ball Contract Manager North East Contracting Consortium for Asylum Support. 1999 – 100,000 Asylum Seekers In London and Kent Little organisation or control Some private provision. Brief History. Asylum and Immigration Act 1999 NASS duties LAs default responsibility
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Michael BallContract ManagerNorth East Contracting Consortium for Asylum Support
1999 – 100,000 Asylum Seekers In London and Kent Little organisation or control Some private provision Brief History
Asylum and Immigration Act 1999 NASS duties LAs default responsibility Regional Consortia encouraged-10 Private sector courted Brief History
Political support Vacant Social Housing Concerns about private provision Threat of imposition Reasons for LA Involvement
Part of NECARS at first Strategic issues included 10 LAs contracting- property based Other stakeholders included North East Consortium
2006 - split functions Solely to bid for and implement Target Contract 7 Local Authorities Separate legal agreement Political Executive NECCAS
Very prescriptive Occupancy based 5 years until 2011 Minimum and Maximum numbers Penalties for performance failure UKBA ongoing contract compliance Target Contract
Each LA responsible for all support and accommodation Council and private housing used Central Team deals with initial dispersal, transport and monitoring Protocols dealing with fairness between LAs NECCAS Implementation
Programme to replace Target Contract Menu of services Accommodation makes up 80% Initial Accommodation included No information on UKBA strategy COMPASS
Competitive Pricing Can we still add value? Do the numbers stack up? COMPASS packaging Role of other organisations Challenges