Written Question·Home Office·UIN 110032

Asylum: Hotels

Tabled: 2 February 2026

Answered: 5 February 2026

Named Day

Question

Mims Davies

Conservative — East Grinstead and Uckfield

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers have absconded from the Copthorne Hotel Gatwick Airport to date.

Answer

Alex Norris

This Government inherited a broken asylum system, with tens of thousands stuck in a backlog and claims not being processed, wasting millions in taxpayer money. We will empty asylum hotels as soon as possible, and by the end of this Parliament. That is a c...

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