Oral Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
“With reference to the Government's commitment to end rough sleeping by 2024, whether he has plans to update the Rough Sleeping Strategy to set out how that commitment will be met.”
Tabled: 13 July 2021Answered: 19 July 2021
Asked by
Layla Moran
Liberal Democrat — Oxford West and Abingdon
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
Answer from Hansard
The Minister for Border Security and Asylum (Dame Angela Eagle)
We are continuing to reduce the use of asylum hotels from the peak, which was reached under the previous Government, when more than 400 hotels were in use across the country at a cost of £9 million every day. We are determined to end the use of hotels over time as part of our wider objective to cut the costs of asylum accommodation and restore order to our immigration system.