Written Question·Home Office·UIN 359

Asylum: Temporary Accommodation

Tabled: 17 July 2024
Answered: 25 July 2024

Question

Mr Jonathan Brash

LabourHartlepool

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department makes an assessment of the socio-economic background of an area when determining the location of asylum accommodation.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
The Home Office has a set of asylum accommodation plans which set out how much Dispersal Accommodation is appropriate for each local authority. The Home office has developed an indexing tool which has helped to ensure that this is done in an evidence-base...

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