Question follow-through · 8700

Social Rented Housing: Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many social housing places are accommodating asylum seekers in (a) Clacton and (b) the UK.

answeredNigel FarageMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
11 Oct 2024
Target answer date
15 Oct 2024
Answer
21 Oct 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 11 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many social housing places are accommodating asylum seekers in (a) Clacton and (b) the UK.

  2. 15 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 21 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    Social housing stock is not used to accommodate asylum seekers. If a person's immigration status does not allow them recourse to public funds, as is the case in respect of asylum seekers, then they are not eligible for an allocation of social housing.

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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