Written Question·Home Office·UIN 64232

Asylum: Hotels

Tabled: 1 July 2025
Answered: 9 July 2025

Question

Tom Hayes

LabourBournemouth East

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the number of asylum seekers being housed in hotels in (a) Bournemouth and (b) the UK.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
The Home Office continues to work with a range of stakeholders to fulfil our statutory obligations and deliver our commitment to reduce the overall cost of asylum accommodation, including ending the use of hotels by the end of this Parliament.