Question follow-through · 1878
Asylum: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many properties a) her department and b) Clearsprings Ready Homes Ltd have acquired in England for asylum dispersal since July 2024.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 18 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 20 May 2026
- Answer
- 27 May 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 10 Sept 2026
- Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 · 8 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
18 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many properties a) her department and b) Clearsprings Ready Homes Ltd have acquired in England for asylum dispersal since July 2024.
20 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 May 2026
Answer published
The procurement of asylum accommodation nationally is managed via contracted accommodation providers that each have specific regions of focus. Details of the Asylum Accommodation and Support Contracts (AASC) are published in the public domain and can be f...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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