Oral Question·Home Office
“?What steps her Department is taking to close asylum hotels. ”
Tabled: 3 February 2026Answered: 9 February 2026
Asked by
Euan Stainbank
Labour — Falkirk
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for the Home Department
Answer from Hansard
The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Shabana Mahmood)
Asylum hotels were a legacy of the last Conservative Government—at their peak, there were 400 open across the country, as asylum case working had ground to a halt. We have already restarted decision making, increased returns and opened new military sites. We are now closing asylum hotels, and by the end of this Parliament, we will have shut every single one.