Written questions

Private Rented Housing: Rents

Commons · Question 76290 · Tabled 10 Sep 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 16 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Chris Philp

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to ensure that long-standing tenants in Croydon are not (a) evicted and (b) displaced by higher rental offers made to landlords by (i) Serco and (ii) other contractors.

Answer

Answered by Alex Norris, 16 Sep 2025

The Home Office has a legal obligation to provide accommodation for asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute, whilst their claims are being processed.This Government is determined to restore order to the asylum system so that it operates swiftly, f...