Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many hotels that could be used to accommodate detainees at the Manston immigration facility (a) was the Home Secretary invited by Home Office officials to approve and (b) did the Home Secretary personally grant approval for between 6 September 2022 and 19 October 2022.

We are committed to working closely with communities and stakeholders to ensure destitute asylum seekers are housed in safe, secure and suitable accommodation, and that they are treated with dignity while their asylum claim is considered. All appropriate options are being explored to ensure that suitable accommodation is secured as quickly as is necessary and hotels are one element, with such hotels typically used to accommodate any destitute asylum seekers, not just those who have spent time at Manston.