Written Question·Home Office·UIN 23870

Asylum: Hotels

Tabled: 26 April 2024

Answered: 7 May 2024

Question

Kirsty Blackman

Scottish National Party — Aberdeen North

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of transporting asylum seekers in taxis between (a) contingency and (b) bridging hotels in each of the last 12 months.

Answer

Bridging hotel accommodation was previously used to temporarily house Afghans resettling in the UK and has not been used to accommodate asylum seekers. As of 31 August 2023, we have successfully ended the use of bridging hotels for legally resettled Afgha...

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