Written Question·Home Office·UIN 71664

Asylum: Housing

Tabled: 29 August 2025

Answered: 9 September 2025

Question

Lewis Cocking

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of using dispersal accommodation for asylum seekers on the availability of housing for British citizens.

Answer

Alex Norris

Under the Immigration Act of 1999, any government has a legal obligation to provide accommodation to asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute.The Home Office and its accommodation providers work closely with local authorities across the country to ...

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