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Asylum: Hotels

Commons · Question 27263 · Tabled 29 Jan 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 10 Feb 2025

Question

Asked by Wendy Morton

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2025 to Question 22629 on Development Aid: Asylum Hotels, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department

Answer

Answered by Anneliese Dodds, 10 Feb 2025

The Government is committed to ensuring asylum costs fall. This includes taking measures to reduce the asylum backlog and end the use of expensive hotels over time, as part of a reduction in overall asylum accommodation costs. We expect these plans to cre...