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Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff are currently engaged in the management and oversight of asylum accommodation contracts, broken down by (a) directly employed departmental staff and (b) external contractors and consult

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
13 May 2026
Target answer date
18 May 2026
Answer
19 May 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff are currently engaged in the management and oversight of asylum accommodation contracts, broken down by (a) directly employed departmental staff and (b) external contractors and consult

  2. 18 May 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 19 May 2026

    Answer published

    We do not report on data at this granularity and would only be obtainable at disproportionate cost.The Home Office publishes information on asylum expenditure in the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts at Home Office Annual Reports and Accounts - GOV.U...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

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3 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the potential financial impact of applying the Asylum Accommodation and Support Contracts service credit regime to (a) hotels, (b) MDP Wethersfield and (c) Napier Barrack

Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

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3 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of people currently accommodated under sections 95, 98 or 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (a) entered the UK on a work, study or visitor visa and subsequently claimed asylum,

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

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9 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department holds information on a standard letter template used by Pakistani men to falsely claim they are gay during the asylum process.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

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10 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data is being shared by her Department with the French government to help tackle small boat crossings.