Written questions

Asylum: Hotels

Commons · Question 99520 · Tabled 12 Dec 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 22 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Lee Anderson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many migrant hotels have been closed in the last year.

Answer

Answered by Alex Norris, 22 Dec 2025

At its peak under the previous government, around 400 hotels were used to accommodate asylum seekers - costing £9 million per day. That figure is now under 200 - the government remains committed no longer using hotels to accommodate asylum seekers by the ...