Written questions

Asylum: Hotels

Commons · Question 27113 · Tabled 29 Jan 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 3 Feb 2025

Question

Asked by Gregory Campbell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of how many hotels will be required as temporary accommodation for people seeking asylum in Northern Ireland by the end of 2025.

Answer

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 3 Feb 2025

This Government inherited an asylum system under exceptional strain. We took immediate action to resolve that chaos by restarting asylum processing, establishing the new Border Security Command to tackle the people-smuggling gangs, cracking down on illega...