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The Ministry of Interior was signed as a “constructive loss” after abandoning suggestions to turn a former Ministry of Defense Ministry into asylum accommodation. Labor ministers terminated the shelf Sampon plan in September after the costs increased, and a home office assessment concluded that the value of taxpayers was no longer offered. The department initially predicted that preparation and renovation expenses for the initiative would be £ 5 million, but in May he admitted that it would cost much more expensive to monitor the project.
An assessment of the proposals published in September revealed that the start of the facility from the autumn of 2025 would require £ 122 million until it closes in 2027. Since the plan cost £ 60 million, the home office Minister Dame Angela Eagle would bring this total expenditure about £ 200 million. The 2024-25-year report and accounts of the Ministry of Interior said: “The former Ministry of Defense Site in Lincolnshire Raf Sampon is planned to be used for shelter.
“The evaluation was undermined because the site has found that there was no value for the taxpayer for the taxpayer. This resulted in a 48.5 million £ making loss.”
The article I is not believed to remain in the facility.
While announcing the cancellation of the site, Border Safety and Asylum Minister Dame Angela said that accommodation such as Sampton will not be necessary with “faster shelter, increasing returns and immigration rules”.
He said that the department “listened to community feedback and concerns about using this site for asylum accommodation”.
Last year, in a Public Accounts Committee, the permanent secretary of the department, Sir Matthew Rycroft admitted that the department had “underestimated” sorrowful “and” a very important optimism bias “.
The 2024-25 accounts also announced that the Ministry of Interior has paid £ 290 million for the Migration and Economic Development Partnership (MedP), which aims to move to the East African nation of the Ministry of Interior.
However, the worker plan was scrapped in July 2024. The Ministry of Interior made a total of £ 270 million payments aimed at increasing economic development in Rwanda.
Due to the cancellation of the MedP, this expenditure is categorized as “constructive loss”. Rwanda government said last year to pay 270 million pounds “under any obligation”.
In order to cover the advance operational costs of the MedP, the additional payment of £ 20 million in April 2022 was also classified as “constructive loss” since the home office “did not benefit from this payment.
A home office spokesman I am paper: “In September 2024, a review, due to the decisions taken by the previous government, the costs associated with the Sampon site went far beyond the first estimates and no longer value for taxpayers for money.
“The cost of leaving this site was minimum compared to the minimum of 180 million £ 180 million required to continue until March 2027.”
Express contacted the Ministry of Interior for comment.
