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Asylum: Housing

Commons · Question 27031 · Tabled 3 Sep 2026 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 11 Sep 2026

Question

Asked by Max Wilkinson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of people currently accommodated under sections 95, 98 or 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (a) entered the UK on a work, study or visitor visa and subsequently claimed asylum,

Answer

Answered by Anna Turley, 11 Sep 2026

The information requested on data linking asylum seekers' accommodation status with their route of entry is not currently published.Official statistics published by the Home Office are kept under review in line with the code of practice for statistics, ta...