Written Question·Home Office·UIN 54096
Asylum: Housing
Tabled: 21 May 2025
Answered: 5 June 2025
Question
Ben Obese-Jecty
Conservative — Huntingdon
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to house asylum seekers who enter the country illegally with a pet; and what happens to the pet.
Answer
Dame Angela EagleThe Home Office has an obligation to provide destitute asylum seekers with accommodation and subsistence support whilst their application for asylum is being considered. This does not extend to accommodating pet animals. Great Britain has one of the toug...
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