Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it has been the policy of her Department to place people who were relocated to the UK through the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy into hotel bridging accommodation in the period since 23 March 2022.

The use of hotels to accommodate those we are relocating and resettling from Afghanistan under both the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) and the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) is a temporary solution. We do not want to see Afghan families in temporary accommodation for any longer than is absolutely necessary. We continue to work at pace with over 350 local authorities to find appropriate long-term accommodation for them.