Question follow-through · 27665
Refugees: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the average time taken for newly recognised refugees to secure accommodation following the issuance of a biometric residence permit.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 7 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 9 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 17 Sept 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
7 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the average time taken for newly recognised refugees to secure accommodation following the issuance of a biometric residence permit.
9 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Sept 2026
Answer published
We continue to work closely with local authorities to improve housing outcomes for newly recognised refugees leaving asylum accommodation.In March this year, the Home Office decided to set the notice period for all individuals granted leave exiting the as...
Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
Later records
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