The centre to which the Deputy refers was used to provide quarantine facilities for residents who left their allocated accommodation to live temporarily with family or friends and who wished to re-enter International Protection Accommodation Services (IPAS) accommodation at a later date.
IPAS adopted this policy in 2020 following consultations with public health officials in order to mitigate the risk of spread of COVID-19 from private accommodation to the IPAS accommodation network.
The average length of stay at this centre was 12 days in the period May 2021 to December 2021. The below table provides a breakdown of the number of residents that the centre has accommodated between the period of May 2021 to present date. The centre has been used as a standard centre to accommodate applicants for international protection since January 2022.
Month
|
No. of Residents
|
Average Length of Stay in days
|
May-21
|
29
|
14
|
Jun-21
|
47
|
15
|
Jul-21
|
33
|
14
|
Aug-21
|
20
|
13
|
Sep-21
|
31
|
11
|
Oct-21
|
26
|
12
|
Nov-21
|
32
|
17
|
Dec-21
|
5
|
3
|
Jan-22
|
104
|
N/A
|
Feb-22
|
148
|
N/A
|
Deputy, I trust that this information satisfies your query.