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Asylum: Hotels

Asked by Wendy MortonConservativeForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled Answered 17 March 2025UIN 36069

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2025 to Question 27263 on Development Aid: Asylum Hotels, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the use of asylum hotels in advance of the first meeting of the re-established ministerial ODA board.

Answered by Stephen Doughty

The Foreign Secretary has regular discussions with his Cabinet colleagues.

The Official Development Assistance Board's first meeting in February 2025 focused on in-donor refugee costs. The co-chairs were joined by the Minister for Border Security and Asylum.

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