Oral Question·Home Office
“What progress her Department has made on closing asylum hotels.”
Tabled: 18 December 2025Answered: 5 January 2026
Asked by
Lewis Cocking
Conservative — Broxbourne
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for the Home Department
Answer from Hansard
The Minister for Border Security and Asylum (Alex Norris)
This Government will close every asylum hotel. We are making progress with spend in this area reduced by a third. We are restoring order and control to the system, speeding up case working, maximising the use of our estate, including ex-military sites, and continuing to increase returns.