Written Question·Home Office·UIN 40190
Asylum: Hotels
Tabled: 21 March 2025
Answered: 27 March 2025
Named DayQuestion
Kevin Hollinrake
Conservative — Thirsk and Malton
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is her Department's policy to consult (a) council leaders, (b) council chief executives and (c) Members of Parliament before an asylum hotel is stood up in an area.
Answer
Dame Angela EagleThis Government inherited an asylum system under exceptional strain, with tens of thousands of people stuck in limbo without any prospect of having their claims processed. At their peak use under the previous government, in the autumn of 2023, more than 4...
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