Written Question·Home Office·UIN 65956

Asylum: Housing

Tabled: 8 July 2025
Answered: 16 July 2025

Question

Shivani Raja

ConservativeLeicester East

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what definition her Department uses for (a) occupancy levels and (b) property capacity in the management of asylum accommodation contracts.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
Occupancy and Capacity are not terms defined within asylum accommodation contracts. Data on the number of individuals occupying asylum accommodation is published in the quarterly migration statistics.