Question follow-through · 101184

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department holds information on whether accommodation providers or subcontractors have used third-party agencies to purchase residential properties in Northern Ireland intended for use in

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
17 Dec 2025
Target answer date
5 Jan 2026
Answer
7 Jan 2026 · 21 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 17 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department holds information on whether accommodation providers or subcontractors have used third-party agencies to purchase residential properties in Northern Ireland intended for use in

  2. 5 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 7 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    Home Office accommodation Providers procure accommodation on behalf of the Home Office for use as asylum accommodation, this can be either via purchasing or letting accommodation available on the property market and they work with a range of landlords and...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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