Written questions

Asylum: Housing

Commons · Question 2170 · Tabled 18 May 2026 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 27 May 2026

Question

Asked by Sir Ashley Fox

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of recognising school examinations as grounds to delay a long-distance move of families between asylum accommodations

Answer

Answered by Alex Norris, 27 May 2026

Accommodation is offered on a no-choice basis across the United Kingdom.However, as set out in the Allocation of Asylum Accommodation policy, accommodation may be temporarily arranged in a certain location where a child has started their final school or c...