Question follow-through · 44211
Asylum: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to support local authorities to provide housing for people seeking asylum.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 4 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 14 Apr 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
Votes on this topic
- Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 10 Sept 2026
- Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 · 8 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
4 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to support local authorities to provide housing for people seeking asylum.
8 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Apr 2025
Answer published
The Home Office is working closely with a range of stakeholders to fulfil its statutory obligations, while reducing the overall cost of asylum accommodation for the taxpayer.A more proactive approach is being taken, placing greater emphasis on collaborati...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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