Asylum: Gender Based Violence
Commons · Question 60103 · Tabled 16 Jun 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Kirsty Blackman
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has produced for sub-contracted accommodation providers to (a) prevent and (b) better respond to the sexual violence and abuse faced by asylum-seeking women in hotel accom
Answer
Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 20 Jun 2025
The Home Office keeps all aspects of the immigration and asylum system under regular review, and works closely with our accommodation providers, the police and a range of other experts and stakeholders to provide the best possible safeguards for female as...