Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress he has made on ending the use of hotels for asylum seekers.

Hotel closures will be phased on a monthly basis. Timings will be informed by operational requirements and contractual notice periods. We plan to exit at least 50 hotels used for asylum seekers by the end of January 2024.

We keep our asylum accommodation estate under constant review and will close additional hotels whenever possible, ensuring that it does not impact our statutory obligation to accommodate otherwise destitute asylum seekers.