Written Question·Home Office·UIN 905656
Asylum: Hotels
Tabled: 9 September 2025
Answered: 15 September 2025
Named DayQuestion
Sir Edward Leigh
Conservative — Gainsborough
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the reason for the increased number of asylum seekers in hotels on 30 June 2025 compared with the same date in 2024.
Answer
Alex NorrisThis government inherited a hotels policy which saw 400 hotels opened and a staggering £9million spent a day housing migrants across the country.Instead of clearing the asylum backlog to reduce those costs, the previous government allowed asylum decision-...
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