Written questions

Undocumented Migrants: Hotels

Commons · Question 83631 · Tabled 20 Oct 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 28 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Rupert Lowe

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, How many hotels are being used as contingency accommodation for irregular migrants as at 20 October 2025.

Answer

Answered by Alex Norris, 28 Oct 2025

The Home Office has been clear that the use of hotels is a temporary and short-term measure to ensure we meet our statutory obligation to accommodate destitute asylum seekers, while we tackle the systemic challenges due to the previous government’s decisi...