Written Question·Home Office·UIN 23872

Asylum: Scotland

Tabled: 26 April 2024
Answered: 7 May 2024

Question

Kirsty Blackman

Scottish National PartyAberdeen North

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an estimate of the number of taxis that have taken asylum seekers between (a) contingency and (b) bridging hotel accommodation from (i) Aberdeen to (ii) Glasgow in each of the last 12

Answer

Bridging hotel accommodation was previously used to temporarily house Afghans resettling in the UK and has not been used to accommodate asylum seekers. As of 31 August 2023, we have successfully ended the use of bridging hotels for legally resettled Afgha...

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