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Asylum: Housing

Asked by Carla LockhartDemocratic Unionist PartyHome OfficeTabled Answered 6 January 2026UIN 100683

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether contractors operating residential accommodation on behalf of her Department in the Upper Bann constituency have exceeded permitted profit margins.

Answered by Mike Tapp

Profit margins being exceeded are not broken down by specific constituencies.

Mears, who manage the Home Office’s asylum accommodation for Northern Ireland and other contracted regions, did exceed their profit margins. The Home Office is in the process of recouping the full amount owed, as part of the profit share mechanism within the contract.

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