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Asylum: Housing

Commons · Question 28417 · Tabled 9 Sep 2026 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 17 Sep 2026

Question

Asked by Matt Vickers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what requirement exists for an asylum seeker to notify her Department of a change of address after leaving Home Office accommodation to stay with friends or family, where they are not in receipt of su

Answer

Answered by Anna Turley, 17 Sep 2026

Where an asylum seeker makes an application for subsistence only support, an assessment is made on whether they are destitute. This may involve enquiries about the hosts circumstances where relevant to determining whether the asylum seeker is destitute. A...