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Asylum: Temporary Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has identified alternative accommodation to enable a reduction in the use of hotels to house asylum seekers.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
11 Dec 2024
Target answer date
16 Dec 2024
Answer
16 Dec 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 11 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has identified alternative accommodation to enable a reduction in the use of hotels to house asylum seekers.

  2. 16 Dec 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 16 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    An answer was published; the current text is shown with its later correction below.

  4. 16 Dec 2024

    Answer corrected

    This Government inherited an asylum system under unprecedented strain, with thousands stuck in a backlog without their claims processed. We remain committed to reducing the costs of asylum accommodation, including ending the use of hotels over time, and w...

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