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Asylum: Hotels

Commons · Question 6860 · Tabled 4 Jun 2026 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 12 Jun 2026

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Asked by David Simmonds

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Home Office press release, 15 April 2026, on Asylum hotels close as government scales up use of large sites, what recent statistics her department has collated and now holds on (

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Answered by Alex Norris, 12 Jun 2026

This Government is determined to restore order to the asylum system so that it operates swiftly, firmly and fairly. We have already reduced the number of asylum seekers in asylum hotels by 35% in the past year (to the end of March 2026) and overall asylum...