Written questions

Asylum: Hotels

Commons · Question 70953 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 26 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Lee Anderson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the potential impact of the repurposing of hotels as asylum accommodation on the number of jobs in the accommodation sector in each of the last three years.

Answer

Answered by Alex Norris, 26 Sep 2025

The Home Office has a legal obligation to provide destitute asylum seekers with accommodation and subsistence support whilst their application for asylum is being considered. The Home Office is committed to ensuring that destitute asylum seekers are house...