The Home Secretary was challenged over two major asylum policies: accommodation contracts running until September 2029 and a voluntary return scheme offering failed asylum-seeking families up to £40,000 to return to their home countries. The committee questioned why the government has not used available break clauses in contracts described as “terrible” and pressed for details on how many families have accepted the £40,000 offer. The Home Secretary said cancelling the accommodation contracts immediately would leave around 90,000 people without alternative accommodation, while the voluntary return scheme remains a small pilot designed to test whether financial incentives can encourage voluntary departures. The government says it will assess the scheme once the pilot concludes.

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