Question follow-through · 93814

Asylum: Hotels

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her department has recovered from asylum hotel providers in excess profits in each year since the creation of the contract, broken down by provider.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
24 Nov 2025
Target answer date
27 Nov 2025
Answer
27 Nov 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 24 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her department has recovered from asylum hotel providers in excess profits in each year since the creation of the contract, broken down by provider.

  2. 27 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 27 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    Since the creation of the Asylum Accommodation and Support Contracts the Home Office has recovered £45.9m in excess profits.It is not possible to give a yearly breakdown of the amounts. This breakdown covers the period to August 2024.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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