Oral Question·Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
“If he will make it his policy to conduct an impact assessment of the potential financial effect on community organisations of proposals to reform the Electronic Communications Code.”
Tabled: 24 June 2021Answered: 1 July 2021
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Answer from Hansard
The Minister for Border Security and Asylum (Dame Angela Eagle)
The Government are committed to reducing hotel use through reform of the asylum system, including through streamlining asylum processing and establishing the Border Security Command to tackle people smuggling gangs at source. Since the general election, there has been a net increase of six hotels in use, but nine are scheduled for closure by the end of March.