Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to support local authorities that are facing challenges in managing people who have entered the UK illegally.

The Home Office has a statutory obligation to provide destitute asylum seekers with accommodation and subsistence support whilst their application for asylum is being considered.

The Home Office is committed to working collaboratively with local authorities to effectively manage the impacts of accommodation sites and has developed asylum accommodation plans which consider a range of factors when allocating accommodation, including the pressure on local services. The Home Office also provides financial assistance to Local Authorities through various grants to support the accommodation and dispersal of supported asylum seekers as well as providing a range of immigration status checking services to help them understand and manage individual circumstances.