Question follow-through · 124875

Short-term Holding Facilities

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she make an assessment of the feasibility of repurposing disused prisons or other redundant public-sector sites as dedicated asylum reception and processing centres.

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
10 Apr 2026
Target answer date
14 Apr 2026
Answer
20 Apr 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 10 Apr 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she make an assessment of the feasibility of repurposing disused prisons or other redundant public-sector sites as dedicated asylum reception and processing centres.

  2. 14 Apr 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 20 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    The Asylum Accommodation estate is kept under constant review. We are moving at pace to fulfil the Government’s commitment to close every asylum hotel by the end of this parliament. Work to facilitate this exit is ongoing, and the Asylum Accommodation Tas...

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