Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 15 November 2022 to Question 82237 on Asylum: Hotels, how many asylum accommodation places were (a) Serco, (b) Mears Group, and (c) Clearsprings Ready Homes providing on (i) 1 September 2022, (ii) 1 October 2022, and (iii) 1 November 2022 under the Asylum Accommodation and Support Services contracts.

Under the Asylum Accommodation and Support Services Contracts (AASC), three accommodation providers have been contracted to procure and provide accommodation for asylum seekers.

The contracts have been awarded on a regional basis as follows:

• Serco - Midlands and East of England, North West
• Mears Group - North East, Yorkshire and Humberside, Northern Ireland and Scotland
• Clearsprings Ready Homes – South of England and Wales

The latest published Immigration Statistics detail the number of asylum seekers accommodated in each region and local authority area. These statistics can be found at Asylum and resettlement datasets - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). Data is published on a quarterly basis, with the latest information published on 24 November, correct to end September.