Written Question·Home Office·UIN 195315

Asylum: Temporary Accommodation

Tabled: 20 July 2023

Answered: 7 September 2023

Question

Sir John Hayes

Conservative — South Holland and The Deepings

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total cost to the UK taxpayer has been since January 2020 of housing asylum seekers who have arrived on small boats in hotels and other locations.

Answer

Robert Jenrick

The number of people arriving in the UK who require accommodation has reached record levels and has put our asylum system under incredible strain.We have been clear that the use of hotels to house asylum seekers is unacceptable. There are currently more t...

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