For the one week the barge was occupied, the accommodation cost more than £7,300 per person
The Bibby Stockholm accommodation barge at Portland Port in Dorset. Just 39 asylum seekers were on board when it was evacuated in August following the discovery of dangerous legionella bacteria by journalist Russell Scott, were released for the first time by the Home Office this week and show that the Government has paid more than £22m to Corporate Travel Management for lease of the barge over an 18-month period.
The Home Office pays weekly for the barge, the contract shows, with the costs equating to more than £287,000 per week. In the two months since the barge was evacuated, the bill has totalled more than £2.2m.when it was evacuated. The figures mean that for the week when the barge was occupied in August, the accommodation cost more than £7,300 per person a week.
A Refugee Council spokesperson said the Home Office was spending “huge amounts of money and causing undue misery to people who have come to our country to find safety.” Tim Naor Hilton, chief executive of Refugee Action, said the figures were “a further reminder that it’s time the Government funded local authorities to run the system on a not-for-profit basis and spent every penny of this public money on protectingA Home Office spokesperson said: “The number of people arriving in the UK who require accommodation has reached record levels and is adding to the pressures facing the asylum system.
“Delivering accommodation such as the vessel will be more affordable for taxpayers and more manageable for communities, due to healthcare and catering facilities on site, 24/7 security and the purpose built, safe and secure accommodation they provide.”
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