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 PennycookIn 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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