Mr. Nick Henderson:

I will come in on the first point around Dídean. In January 2020, we produced a long report called Alternatives to Direct Provision. One of the main points in that report was that we cannot rely, and this was before the current crisis, on a single model of accommodation. In the report, we recommended seven models. Dídean was one of those and an example of the social enterprise-style model of accommodation. One of the major concerns about the for-profit model of direct provision in use over the past 20 years has been the idea of a company, which has its accounts offshore, where there is no transparency, taking large amounts of money and providing an extremely poor quality service. This is the root of the White Paper and programme for Government commitment to a non-profit model replacing the current system.

As was said, I do not think, unfortunately, that we have the luxury of completely dismissing the idea of any private involvement in accommodation provision right now. If we look at the current percentage of accommodation, I think the Dídean model would be one of the very few examples of a social enterprise model. Provision is nearly all for-profit now. If we include the provision of accommodation for Ukrainians as well, so much of it consists of hotels.