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Written Question
Asylum: Northern Ireland
Thursday 4th June 2026

Asked by: Carla Lockhart (Democratic Unionist Party - Upper Bann)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints, contract failures, service credits and financial penalties have been recorded against asylum accommodation providers in Northern Ireland since 2019.

Answered by Alex Norris - Minister of State (Home Office)

The full set of contractual KPIs for each AASC region has been published online and can be accessed via Contracts Finder at the following links:

AASC - Asylum Accommodation & Support Services Contract NW - Contracts Finder

AASC - Asylum Accommodation & Support Services Contract MEE - Contracts Finder

AASC - Asylum Accommodation & Support Services Contract NEYH - Contracts Finder

AASC - Asylum Accommodation & Support Services Contract Scotland - Contracts Finder

AASC - Asylum Accommodation & Support Services Contract NI - Contracts Finder

AASC - Asylum Accommodation & Support Services Contract Wales - Contracts Finder

AASC - Asylum Accommodation & Support Services Contract South - Contracts Finder

Performance results for the AASC contracts are commercially sensitive. Releasing detailed, supplier level performance data could undermine the Department’s ability to manage and assure the delivery of these live contracts effectively. For this reason, the Home Office does not publish individual supplier performance results.


Division Vote (Commons)
3 Jun 2026 - Agriculture - View Vote Context
Carla Lockhart (DUP) voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 5 Democratic Unionist Party No votes vs 0 Democratic Unionist Party Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 302 Noes - 153
Early Day Motion
Eternal Wall of Answered Prayer (3 Signatures)
3 Jun 2026
Tabled by: Carla Lockhart (Democratic Unionist Party - Upper Bann)
That this House welcomes the significant progress made towards the establishment of the Eternal Wall of Answered Prayer in the Midlands of the United Kingdom; notes the vision to create a landmark of national significance comprising one million bricks, each representing an answered prayer; recognises the generosity and commitment of …
Written Question
Asylum: Northern Ireland
Wednesday 3rd June 2026

Asked by: Carla Lockhart (Democratic Unionist Party - Upper Bann)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will publish a Northern Ireland-specific asylum expenditure table covering accommodation, subsistence, healthcare-related support, education-related support, legal support, transport, security, integration and contract administration since 2019.

Answered by Alex Norris - Minister of State (Home Office)

We do not report on data at this granularity and would only be obtainable at disproportionate cost.

The Home Office publishes information on asylum expenditure in the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts at Home Office annual reports and accounts - GOV.UK.


Written Question
Asylum: Hotels
Wednesday 3rd June 2026

Asked by: Carla Lockhart (Democratic Unionist Party - Upper Bann)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what sums her Department disbursed on hotel accommodation for asylum seekers in Northern Ireland in each month since January 2020.

Answered by Alex Norris - Minister of State (Home Office)

We do not report on data at this granularity and would only be obtainable at disproportionate cost.

The Home Office publishes information on asylum expenditure in the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts at Home Office annual reports and accounts - GOV.UK.


Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 02 Jun 2026
Points of Order

"On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I apologise for not giving prior notice of my point of order, but it pertains to the answer given to me by the Minister during the statement. Could she advise on whether the record can be checked to see whether this House …..."
Carla Lockhart - View Speech

View all Carla Lockhart (DUP - Upper Bann) contributions to the debate on: Points of Order

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 02 Jun 2026
Armed Forces Bill

"Given Northern Ireland’s disproportionate contribution to the armed forces over many decades, the Minister’s answer to the question from my hon. and learned Friend the Member for North Antrim (Jim Allister)—on the armed forces covenant being made compulsory within councils in Northern Ireland— does not really cut it. Sadly, in …..."
Carla Lockhart - View Speech

View all Carla Lockhart (DUP - Upper Bann) contributions to the debate on: Armed Forces Bill

Division Vote (Commons)
2 Jun 2026 - Armed Forces Bill - View Vote Context
Carla Lockhart (DUP) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 5 Democratic Unionist Party Aye votes vs 0 Democratic Unionist Party No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 80 Noes - 298
Division Vote (Commons)
2 Jun 2026 - Armed Forces Bill - View Vote Context
Carla Lockhart (DUP) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 5 Democratic Unionist Party Aye votes vs 0 Democratic Unionist Party No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 171 Noes - 302
Division Vote (Commons)
2 Jun 2026 - Armed Forces Bill - View Vote Context
Carla Lockhart (DUP) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 5 Democratic Unionist Party Aye votes vs 0 Democratic Unionist Party No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 99 Noes - 371