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Asylum: Housing

Asked by David SimmondsConservativeHome OfficeTabled Answered 15 July 2025UIN 65279

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her plans to remove asylum seekers from hotel accommodation extends to (a) hostels and (b) other types of communal accommodation.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

The Home Office continues to work with a range of stakeholders to fulfil its legal obligations, whilst delivering on this Government’s commitment to reduce the overall cost of asylum accommodation, including ending the use of hotels by the end of this Parliament.

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