Asylum: Housing
Commons · Question 128623 · Tabled 20 Apr 2026 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 28 Apr 2026
Question
Asked by Rupert Lowe
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the value for money to the taxpayer of her Department conducting repeated site assessments for asylum accommodation on sites that do not proceed in (a) England a
Answer
Answered by Alex Norris, 28 Apr 2026
Home office undertakes routine assurance checks before committing to any accommodation particularly any large sites learning lessons from the past. Cost of these checks will be relatively modest but essential particularly in ruling out unsuitable options....