Written Question·Home Office·UIN 23878
Asylum: Scotland
Tabled: 26 April 2024
Answered: 7 May 2024
Question
Kirsty Blackman
Scottish National Party — Aberdeen North
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of transporting asylum seekers in taxis to (a) contingency and (b) bridging hotels 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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