Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many refugees are housed in (1) hotels, and (2) houses of multiple occupancy.

Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office)

The Home Office has already reduced usage of asylum hotels substantially from the peak of 400 in use in Autumn 2023, and it committed to end their use entirely by the end of this Parliament.

Data is published quarterly, on the number of supported asylum seekers in accommodation, including hotels. According to the latest official data, published on 22 May 2025, there were 32,345 individuals accommodated in hotels as of 31 March 2025.

The information requested for houses of multiple occupancy is not currently available from published statistics, and the relevant data can only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government when they plan to end the use of hotels to house refugees.

Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office)

The Home Office has already reduced usage of asylum hotels substantially from the peak of 400 in use in Autumn 2023, and it committed to end their use entirely by the end of this Parliament.

Data is published quarterly, on the number of supported asylum seekers in accommodation, including hotels. According to the latest official data, published on 22 May 2025, there were 32,345 individuals accommodated in hotels as of 31 March 2025.

The information requested for houses of multiple occupancy is not currently available from published statistics, and the relevant data can only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask His Majesty's Government what the route will be of the Transpennine Route Upgrade proposed in their UK Infrastructure: A 10 Year Strategy, published on 19 June.

Answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill - Minister of State (Department for Transport)

The TransPennine Route Upgrade is an £11 billion infrastructure programme which will increase capacity, improve reliability, and journey times on the rail route between Manchester, Huddersfield, Leeds and York.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the (1) funding, and (2) staff resources, available to local authorities to undertake the necessary checks on food labelling; and whether they will ensure that those resources are ring-fenced for that purpose.

Answered by Baroness Merron - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

Local authorities (LAs) in the United Kingdom are competent authorities. It is for the cabinet of each authority to determine how their budget is spent based on statutory obligations, local priorities, and service demands.

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) monitors the resources available to carry out food safety checks. Their report Our Food 2023 – An annual review of food standards in the UK notes that the number of Trading Standards Officers (TSOs) available in LAs to carry out food labelling checks has fallen considerably over the past decade. There were 182 fewer TSOs working in LAs across England, Wales, and Northern Ireland in 2023 compared to a decade ago, in 2012/13. Although the number of officers in LAs rose slightly during 2023, there was still a higher proportion of unfilled posts compared to pre-pandemic numbers. A copy of the report is attached.

The FSA has worked closely with the Chartered Trading Standards Institute and the Association of Chief Trading Standards Officers to endorse a level 6 Trading Standards Practitioner apprenticeship. This has led to over 100 new people training in the first year. The FSA will continue to work across the Government and with the food sector to monitor the situation and to take appropriate action to ensure that food is safe.

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to put labelling provisions in place for genetically modified and hormone produced foods imported under the US–UK Economic Prosperity Deal.

Answered by Baroness Hayman of Ullock - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

On 8 May, the UK Government announced a landmark economic deal with the United States, making the UK the first country to reach an agreement with President Trump. This delivers on the commitment by the Prime Minister and the President on 27 February to agree an economic deal in our respective national interests.

The deal protects jobs in the automotive, steel, aluminium, pharmaceutical and aerospace sectors - sectors that employ over 320,000 people across the UK. For the first time ever, this deal will also open up exclusive access for UK beef farmers to the US market.

We have always been clear that this Government will protect British farmers, secure our food security and uphold our high food, animal welfare and environmental standards in trade deals. That is exactly what we have done and will continue to do. Imports of genetically modified beef or hormone-treated beef will remain illegal. Any agricultural imports coming into the UK will have to meet our high sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) standards.

There will be no changes to labelling requirements as a result of what has been agreed so far within the UK-US agreement.

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