Question follow-through · 88529

Refugees: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of extending the move-on period for refugees from 28 to 56 days.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
5 Nov 2025
Target answer date
11 Nov 2025
Answer
17 Nov 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 5 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of extending the move-on period for refugees from 28 to 56 days.

  2. 11 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    On 9 December 2024, the Home Office operationalised a pilot to extend the grace period to 56 days to support local authorities during a period of increased asylum decision making and with the transition to eVisas.An independent evaluation has been ongoing...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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