Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help asylum seekers housed in hotels who have built a relationship with the local community to (a) remain within that community and (b) keep children at the local school.

Accommodation is offered on a no-choice basis across the United Kingdom and there are established mechanisms in place via Migrant Help and Support Casework, if individuals have a specific, acute need to be accommodated in a particular area. Accommodation providers may need to move individuals for various reasons. However, we limit the amount of moves that can take place through our contract.