Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 87305

Multiple Occupation: Undocumented Migrants

Tabled: 3 November 2025
Answered: 11 November 2025

Question

Wendy Morton

Conservative — Aldridge-Brownhills

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of houses of multiple occupation being used to accommodate illegal migrants on (a) the wider private rented housing sector (b)

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
In accordance with the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, the Home Office has a statutory obligation to provide destitute asylum seekers with accommodation and subsistence support while their applications for asylum are being considered. Accommodation is pr...
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