Written Question·Home Office·UIN 60103

Asylum: Gender Based Violence

Tabled: 16 June 2025
Answered: 20 June 2025
Named Day

Question

Kirsty Blackman

Scottish National PartyAberdeen North

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has produced for sub-contracted accommodation providers to (a) prevent and (b) better respond to the sexual violence and abuse faced by asylum-seeking women in hotel accom

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
The Home Office keeps all aspects of the immigration and asylum system under regular review, and works closely with our accommodation providers, the police and a range of other experts and stakeholders to provide the best possible safeguards for female as...

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