Question follow-through · 12190

Asylum: Hotels

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when asylum seekers will vacate the Copthorne Hotel; and how many have vacated the Copthorne Hotel to date.

answeredHome Office

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Home Office
Tabled
23 Jun 2026
Target answer date
29 Jun 2026
Answer
30 Jun 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 23 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when asylum seekers will vacate the Copthorne Hotel; and how many have vacated the Copthorne Hotel to date.

  2. 29 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 30 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    For the safety, security, and wellbeing of those we accommodate, we do not publicly comment on individual hotels which may or may not be utilised by the Home Office, nor do we provide details of those we accommodate at any site.Additionally, the departmen...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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3 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria her Department uses to determine which hotels accommodating asylum seekers will be closed and (ii) the order in which those hotels will be closed.

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Asylum: Hotels

3 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Copthorne Hotel in East Grinstead and Uckfield constituency will be included in the next round of asylum hotel closures.

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Asylum: Hotels

3 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has plans to cease using the Copthorne Hotel in East Grinstead and Uckfield constituency to accommodate asylum seekers by the end of 2026.

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Asylum: Hotels

3 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average monthly cost was of accommodating asylum seekers at the Copthorne Hotel in East Grinstead and Uckfield constituency in the last 12 months.

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Asylum: Hotels

3 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers are currently accommodated at the Copthorne Hotel in East Grinstead and Uckfield constituency.