Short-term Holding Facilities
Commons · Question 124875 · Tabled 10 Apr 2026 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 20 Apr 2026
Question
Asked by Gareth Bacon
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she make an assessment of the feasibility of repurposing disused prisons or other redundant public-sector sites as dedicated asylum reception and processing centres.
Answer
Answered by Alex Norris, 20 Apr 2026
The Asylum Accommodation estate is kept under constant review. We are moving at pace to fulfil the Government’s commitment to close every asylum hotel by the end of this parliament. Work to facilitate this exit is ongoing, and the Asylum Accommodation Tas...