Question follow-through · 26335

Asylum: Runcorn and Helsby

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to end the use of hotels in Runcorn and Helsby constituency to house people and families seeking asylum.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
24 Jan 2025
Target answer date
28 Jan 2025
Answer
3 Feb 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 24 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to end the use of hotels in Runcorn and Helsby constituency to house people and families seeking asylum.

  2. 28 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 3 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    This Government inherited an asylum system under exceptional strain, with tens of thousands of people stuck in limbo without any prospect of having their claims processed. At their peak use under the previous government, in the autumn of 2023, more than 4...

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