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The report also cited the Northeye sale was among purchases of large accommodation sites for asylum seekers that has gone “drastically wrong” and come at a high cost to the taxpayer.
The decision in November 2014 to give Serco a new £70 million eight-year contract to run the centre was criticised by Natasha Walter of Women for Refugee Women: "Serco is clearly unfit to manage a centre where vulnerable women are held and it is unacceptable the government continues to entrust Serco with the safety of women who are survivors ...
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This deal included 15 contracts, with annual revenues of approximately £90 million, for which Serco would pay £47.7 million, with Carillion losing £1 billion from the value of its order book. [112] [113] In May 2020, Serco accidentally shared the personal email addresses of nearly 300 trainee COVID-19 contact tracers. [114]
The company's directors were paid £7 million in dividends in 2021 as they reported a £4.4 million annual profit, [6] and nearly £28 million in 2022, as company profits increased to more than £28 million. [7] Profits increased in 2023 to £62 million with an annual turnover in excess of £1 billion, and more than £180 million in 2024. [8] [9]
The government wants to end contracts with hotels for housing asylum seekers, in order to cut costs.
Brislington House (now known as Long Fox Manor) was built as a private lunatic asylum.When it opened in 1806 it was one of the first purpose-built asylums in England. [2] [6] [7] It is situated on the Bath Road in Brislington, Bristol, although parts of the grounds cross the city boundary into the parish of Keynsham in Bath and North East Somerset.
Spending on asylum accommodation has risen significantly in the past four years At least ten asylum seekers housed in taxpayer-funded accommodation for more than three years Skip to main content