The Home Office said it would come back to us with further details on its processes for deciding who will share rooms but its letter of 18 August added little detail about how the Home Office would ensure people are kept safe, and it largely repeated what was said in our evidence session.71 The letter did add that room sharing was for people of the same sex, and that the Home Office encourages room sharing with family and friends.72 64 Q 87 65 Q 145 66 Correspondence from the Home Office to P...

The Home Office said it would come back to us with further details on its processes for deciding who will share rooms but its letter of 18 August added little detail about how the Home Office would ensure people are kept safe, and it largely repeated what was said in our evidence session.71 The letter did add that room sharing was for people of the same sex, and that the Home Office encourages room sharing with family and friends.72 64 Q 87 65 Q 145 66 Correspondence from the Home Office to PAC dated 18 August 2023 67 Q 77 68 Q 71 69 Q 72 70 Qq 74–75 71 Q 85, Correspondence from the Home Office to PAC dated 18 August 2023 72 Correspondence fr Type: conclusion | Number: 23 | Response status: accepted Government response: 5.1 The government disagrees with the Committee’s recommendation. 5.2 The department’s headline safeguarding approach is set out in the safeguarding strategy. There is significant safeguarding information available not provided at the Committee session but set out bel