Written Question·Home Office·UIN 89415
Asylum: Hotels
Tabled: 11 November 2025
Answered: 19 November 2025
Question
Esther McVey
Conservative — Tatton
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has issued guidance to police forces on the use of stop and search for weapons at hotels housing asylum seekers.
Answer
Sarah JonesCode A of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE) governs the use of stop and search powers. Guidance on the use of stop and search is also issued to forces by the College of Policing in its Authorised Professional Practice.The Home Office has is...
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