Aphra Brandreth MP: written questions
4 Jul 2026–16 Oct 2026 · year in progress
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Written questions
Asylum: Temporary AccommodationHome OfficeTabled 14 Sept 2026Awaiting answerUIN 29754More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has identified any properties in Audlem, Cheshire East, as potential sites for asylum accommodation.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HousingHome OfficeTabled 10 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 28969More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which bodies her Department and its accommodation providers are required to consult before approving new asylum dispersal accommodation; and whether that consultation includes (a) the relevant local a
Answer: The Home Office and its accommodation providers operate a robust consultation process for the procurement of prospective dispersal accommodation. Proposed properties are shared with nominated local authority officials, providing them with an opportunity t...
Answered 24 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HousingHome OfficeTabled 10 Sept 2026Awaiting answerUIN 28968More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what provision is made for transport for asylum seekers housed in rural dispersal accommodation where there is limited public transport, including for travel to (a) healthcare appointments, (b) immigr
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HousingHome OfficeTabled 10 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 28967More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what minimum criteria relating to (a) public transport, (b) access to primary healthcare, (c) access to shops and other essential services and (d) proximity to immigration and legal advice services mu
Answer: Full Dispersal means that every local authority nationally, irrespective of rurality, is considered a dispersal area. It is right that they play their part in supporting the Home Office meet its legal obligations in a fair and equitable manner.Asylum acco...
Answered 24 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: AudlemHome OfficeTabled 10 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 28966More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has approved, provisionally approved or been asked to approve the use of any property in Audlem, Cheshire East, as asylum accommodation since 5 July 2024.
Answer: When a site has been identified for use as asylum accommodation, Home Office officials will write to the local authority Chief Executive and the constituency MP to inform them of plans to accommodate asylum seekers within the alternative accommodation ide...
Answered 24 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: AudlemHome OfficeTabled 10 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 28965More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether a provider contracted by her Department has entered into negotiations, agreements or contractual arrangements with property owners or their agents for the provision of asylum accommodation in
Answer: The Home Office provides support under the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 to asylum seekers and their dependants who would otherwise be destitute in order to comply with its legal obligations. The Home Office is committed to ensuring that destitute asylu...
Answered 21 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: AudlemHome OfficeTabled 10 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 28964More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken regarding the suitability of a property or site in Audlem, Cheshire East, for use as asylum accommodation since 5 July 2024.
Answer: The Home Office and its accommodation providers continually assess a range of potential accommodation options across the UK to meet statutory duties.Decisions on the use of alternative asylum accommodation sites will be made on a site-by-site basis and co...
Answered 21 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Cheshire EastHome OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24582More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has commissioned the use of accommodation in Cheshire East for the purpose of housing asylum seekers since 5 July 2024.
Answer: The Home Office operates a Full Dispersal model which works to ensure that asylum accommodation is more equitably and fairly spread out across the UK. This means that a small number of local authorities are not unduly burdened and that all local authoriti...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Temporary AccommodationHome OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24581More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has commissioned the use of accommodation for the purpose of housing asylum seekers in Cheshire East since 5 July 2024.
Answer: The Home Office operates a Full Dispersal model which works to ensure that asylum accommodation is more equitably and fairly spread out across the UK. This means that a small number of local authorities are not unduly burdened and that all local authoriti...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
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