Question follow-through · 12846
Asylum: Multiple Occupation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many properties currently used to house asylum seekers under the Asylum Accommodation and Support Services contract are Houses in Multiple Occupation within the definition of the Housing Act 2004.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 24 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 30 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 30 Jun 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Housing and planning
- Asylum: Housing · 29 Jun 2026
- Asylum: Sponsorship · 30 Jun 2026
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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
24 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many properties currently used to house asylum seekers under the Asylum Accommodation and Support Services contract are Houses in Multiple Occupation within the definition of the Housing Act 2004.
30 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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30 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Home Office has a legal obligation to support asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute. The Government is determined to restore order to the asylum system so that it operates swiftly, firmly and fairly, and ensures the rules are properly enforc...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Asylum: Housing
29 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the comparative cost of accommodating asylum seekers in (a) hotels and (b) Ministry of Defence sites per person per night.
Asylum: Sponsorship
29 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of refugees expected to enter under the proposed capped safe and legal sponsorship route each year.
Asylum: Sponsorship
29 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what role the UN High Commissioner for Refugees will have in determining eligibility for the proposed sponsored refugee scheme.
Deportation
29 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been removed from the UK following the exhaustion of all asylum and immigration appeal rights since 5 July 2024.
Begging and Vagrancy
29 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what safeguards have been put in place to distinguish organised begging from begging arising from homelessness or destitution.
Asylum: Military Bases
29 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what feasibility assessments have been completed for each of the proposed former military sites announced on 29 June 2026.
Asylum: Hotels
29 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which 20 asylum hotels announced for closure on 29 June 2026 are expected to cease operating, and on what dates.
Asylum: Hotels
29 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure the closure of asylum hotels doesn't lead to an increase in undocumented migrants dispersed in communities.
Asylum
30 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the timetable is for the rollout of new safe and legal routes for refugees.
Asylum: Sponsorship
30 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria will be used to accredit organisations acting as lead sponsors under the proposed community sponsorship scheme for refugees.
Asylum: Sponsorship
30 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what safeguards will be put in place to help ensure that organisations sponsoring refugees under the community sponsorship scheme are resourced to provide housing, integration and employment support.
Deportation: Slavery
30 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what safeguards will be introduced to distinguish between genuine and vexatious modern slavery claims in cases where removal action has already commenced.