Question follow-through · 17080
Asylum: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many hotels are being used for the provision of accommodation for asylum seekers in Northern Ireland; and if she will make an estimate of the number of hotels that will be required by 31 December
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 2 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 5 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 5 Dec 2024 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Immigration and borders
- Undocumented Migrants: English Channel · 12 Dec 2024
- Aviation: Immigration Controls · 7 Jan 2025
- British Nationality (Irish Citizens) Act 2024 · 10 Jan 2025
- Passports: Republic of Ireland · 21 Jan 2025
- Asylum: Hotels · 29 Jan 2025
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Votes on this topic
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
2 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many hotels are being used for the provision of accommodation for asylum seekers in Northern Ireland; and if she will make an estimate of the number of hotels that will be required by 31 December
5 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Dec 2024
Answer published
The Home Office has a statutory obligation to provide destitute asylum seekers with accommodation and subsistence support whilst their application for asylum is being considered.The Home Office does not publish data on the number of hotels in use. However...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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