Written Question·Home Office·UIN 76589

Refugees: Women

Tabled: 11 September 2025

Answered: 16 September 2025

Named Day

Question

Kirsty Blackman

Scottish National Party — Aberdeen North

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of reducing the refugee move-on period to 28 days on levels of risk to women of (a) homelessness and (b) exposure to violence and abuse.

Answer

Jess Phillips

From 1 September 2025, the Home Office has taken the decision to pause the 56 day move on period pilot for single adults in receipt of a positive asylum decision, with the exception of individuals who are pregnant, over the age of 65 or have a known/evide...

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