Refugees: Women
Commons · Question 76589 · Tabled 11 Sep 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 16 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Kirsty Blackman
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of reducing the refugee move-on period to 28 days on levels of risk to women of (a) homelessness and (b) exposure to violence and abuse.
Answer
Answered by Jess Phillips, 16 Sep 2025
From 1 September 2025, the Home Office has taken the decision to pause the 56 day move on period pilot for single adults in receipt of a positive asylum decision, with the exception of individuals who are pregnant, over the age of 65 or have a known/evide...