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Undocumented Migrants: Housing

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainHome OfficeTabled Answered 27 November 2024UIN 15076

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of publishing daily numbers of irregular migrants housed in (a) hotels and (b) other accommodation.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

Official statistics published by the Home Office are kept under review in line with the Code of Practice for Statistics, taking into account a number of factors including user needs, the resources required to compile the statistics, as well as quality and availability of data.

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