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Asylum: Hotels and Temporary Accommodation

Asked by Ben Obese-JectyConservativeHome OfficeTabled Answered 28 March 2025UIN 40786

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the Government spent on housing asylum seekers in (a) hotels and (b) other forms of temporary accommodation on (i) 3 July 2024 and (ii) 24 March 2025.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

Information on asylum expenditure is published on gov.uk in the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts.

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