Following the publication of the Comptroller and Auditor General’s damning report on the management of IPAS centres, the Government promised to end the contracts for any company which did not comply with the standards required.
Among the deficiencies identified in a random sample of just 20 of more than 300 centres were lack of insurance, no proper fire certification, discrepancies in the rate being paid, and lack of planning. It was also found that evidence connected to the ownership of the centres could only be found in half of those examined.
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