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Asylum: Housing

Commons · Question 96567 · Tabled 2 Dec 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 11 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by David Simmonds

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2025, to Question 86658, on Asylum: Housing, if she will outline what specific responsibilities and powers will strategic authorities have in this regard; whether

Answer

Answered by Alex Norris, 11 Dec 2025

The Home Office is working with local authorities to develop several potential asylum accommodation models that could ‘pilot’ a more sustainable, flexible and collaborative outcome. Decisions on the provision of alternative asylum accommodation sites will...