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Asylum: Housing

Commons · Question 13338 · Tabled 25 Jun 2026 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 3 Jul 2026

Question

Asked by Rupert Lowe

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2026 to Question 7717 on Asylum: Housing, what quantitative indicators are used to evaluate local health system capacity in the siting of asylum accommodation; and ho

Answer

Answered by Alex Norris, 3 Jul 2026

The department operates a Full Dispersal model which works to ensure that asylum accommodation is equitably and fairly spread out across regions and nations of the United Kingdom, meaning that a small number of local authorities are not unduly burdened.To...