Written Question·Home Office·UIN 98956

Asylum: Hotels

Tabled: 10 December 2025
Answered: 15 December 2025

Question

Patrick Hurley

LabourSouthport

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made on ending the use of asylum hotels; and what the savings will be for a) Southport, b) the North West and c) the UK.

Answer

Alex Norris
At its peak under the previous government, around 400 hotels were used to accommodate asylum seekers – costing £9 million per day. That figure is now under 200, and the government remains committed to closing every hotel by the end of this Parliament. We ...

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