Asylum: Hotels
Commons · Question 13776 · Tabled 12 Nov 2024 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 18 Nov 2024
Question
Asked by Chris Philp
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) asylum hotels were open and (b) asylum seekers were housed in hotels as of (i) 30 June and (ii) 31 October 2024; and what was the daily cost of the asylum hotels during this period.
Answer
Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 18 Nov 2024
The Home Office has a statutory obligation to provide destitute asylum seekers with accommodation and subsistence support whilst their application for asylum is being considered.Data, published quarterly, on the number of supported asylum seekers in accom...