Oral Question·Home Office
“What progress her Department has made on closing asylum hotels.”
Tabled: 7 January 2025Answered: 13 January 2025
Asked by
Sir Ashley Fox
Conservative — Bridgwater
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for the Home Department
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.