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1136091

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Economic Growth and Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What fiscal steps he is taking to increase (a) jobs and (b) economic growth.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
	tabling member printed	Royston Smith
	uin	911691
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>We have worked hard to build a stronger, fairer economy – dealing with the deficit, helping people into work, and cutting taxes for people, families, and businesses.</p><p> </p><p>The economy has grown continuously for the past nine years, employment is currently at a record high, unemployment is currently at the joint lowest rate since 1975, and real wages are rising.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 02/07/2019 15:23:45 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1552713

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Hotels
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has budgeted for the provision of hotel accommodation for asylum seekers per person for the next 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
	tabling member printed	Royston Smith
	uin	112128
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/12/2022 answer text <p>The United Kingdom has a statutory obligation to provide destitute asylum seekers with accommodation and other support whilst their application for asylum is being considered.</p><p>From 13 April 2022, all Local Authority areas in England, Scotland and Wales were expected to participate in a new system of full dispersal accommodation. This will allow the Home Office to move from using hotels to less expensive and more suitable dispersed accommodation. The Full Dispersal model allows the Home Office to procure dispersal properties within the private rental sector in all Local Authority areas across England, Scotland and Wales, rather than the minority of Local Authorities which currently participate, this approach will reduce pressures on those Local Authorities.</p><p>Costs for contingency accommodation are subject to change depending on numbers being accommodated within the asylum system. Accommodation costs are considered to be commercially confidential, therefore the Home Office does not publish this information. However, total expenditure on asylum is published in the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts, available at <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fho-annual-reports-and-accounts&amp;data=05%7C01%7CEleanor.Morris3%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C2447635d4c5a4094b6a008daea6e6fcd%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638080057585910845%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=TvPlNz89rcQKR33mrQiPrcpea8YZDUVf%2FNDW5ElNveA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ho-annual-reports-and-accounts</a>’.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 30/12/2022 14:18:37 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1552718

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Hotels
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an economic impact assessment of housing asylum seekers at local hotels on (a) the local economy and (b) business activity on local high streets where those hotels are located.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
	tabling member printed	Royston Smith
	uin	112132
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/12/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office has a statutory obligation to provide accommodation and other support to asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute while their application for asylum is being considered.</p><p>The significant increase in illegal, unnecessary and dangerous journeys across the Channel is placing unprecedented strain on our asylum system and it has made it necessary to continue to use hotels to accommodate some asylum seekers. The use of hotels is a short-term solution, and we are working hard with local authorities to find appropriate accommodation.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 30/12/2022 14:12:46 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1552711

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Southampton Itchen
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate her Department has made of how long hotels will be used to temporarily house asylum seekers in Southampton, Itchen constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
	tabling member printed	Royston Smith
	uin	112126
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/12/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office aims to gradually end the use of hotels and move asylum seekers to less expensive and more suitable dispersed accommodation.  The Department has established a programme of work to actively encourage the three private providers of asylum accommodation and Local Authorities to support the procurement of sufficient dispersed accommodation. The Home Office will shortly bring forward a range of alternative sites such as disused holiday parks, former student halls, and surplus military sites.</p><p>Each potential accommodation site is assessed for its suitability, including the availability of public services within the local area. Our providers have a strong record of running contingency sites effectively with minimal impact on the local area and population. We actively engage and collaborate with relevant stakeholders including NHS partners to understand and act on any concerns appropriately as the site operates.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 112129 112131 question first answered 30/12/2022 14:22:00 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1552714

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Southampton Itchen
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of using hotels in Southampton Itchen constituency to temporarily house asylum seekers on local NHS service.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
	tabling member printed	Royston Smith
	uin	112129
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/12/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office aims to gradually end the use of hotels and move asylum seekers to less expensive and more suitable dispersed accommodation.  The Department has established a programme of work to actively encourage the three private providers of asylum accommodation and Local Authorities to support the procurement of sufficient dispersed accommodation. The Home Office will shortly bring forward a range of alternative sites such as disused holiday parks, former student halls, and surplus military sites.</p><p>Each potential accommodation site is assessed for its suitability, including the availability of public services within the local area. Our providers have a strong record of running contingency sites effectively with minimal impact on the local area and population. We actively engage and collaborate with relevant stakeholders including NHS partners to understand and act on any concerns appropriately as the site operates.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 112126 112131 question first answered 30/12/2022 14:22:00 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1552716

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Southampton Itchen
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of using hotels as temporary accommodation for asylum seekers in Southampton, Itchen constituency on the safety of (a) other hotel occupants and (b) local residents.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
	tabling member printed	Royston Smith
	uin	112131
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/12/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office aims to gradually end the use of hotels and move asylum seekers to less expensive and more suitable dispersed accommodation.  The Department has established a programme of work to actively encourage the three private providers of asylum accommodation and Local Authorities to support the procurement of sufficient dispersed accommodation. The Home Office will shortly bring forward a range of alternative sites such as disused holiday parks, former student halls, and surplus military sites.</p><p>Each potential accommodation site is assessed for its suitability, including the availability of public services within the local area. Our providers have a strong record of running contingency sites effectively with minimal impact on the local area and population. We actively engage and collaborate with relevant stakeholders including NHS partners to understand and act on any concerns appropriately as the site operates.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 112126 112129 question first answered 30/12/2022 14:22:00 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1552708

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Southampton Itchen
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many overnight stays in Southampton Itchen have asylum seekers spent in (a) dispersed accommodation, (b) overflow dispersed accommodation, (c) contingency hotel, (d) stage one overnight initial accommodation or (e) accommodation made by spot booking since November 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
	tabling member printed	Royston Smith
	uin	112124
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/12/2022 answer text <p>Statistics relating to supported asylum seekers temporarily residing in contingency accommodation are published as Immigration Statistics under the S98 population tables and the latest published immigration statistics also detail the number of asylum seekers accommodated in each local authority area. These statistics can be found at Asylum and resettlement datasets <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets(opens in a new tab)</a>. Data is published on a quarterly basis, with the latest information published 24 November 2022. The next quarterly figures are due to be released in February 2023.</p><p>The Home Office does not publish a breakdown of these statistics which disaggregates the number of asylum seekers accommodated in specific accommodation. These figures are not available in a reportable format and to provide the information could only be done at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 30/12/2022 14:26:19 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1552710

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Southampton
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department holds on the number of asylum seekers the Dolphin Hotel in Southampton has housed since it began providing temporary accommodation; and what the average occupancy rate was.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
	tabling member printed	Royston Smith
	uin	112125
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/12/2022 answer text <p>Occupancy levels are recorded at a specific point in time and vary daily. Statistics relating to asylum seekers temporarily residing in contingency accommodation are published as Immigration Statistics under the S98 population tables. These statistics can be found at Asylum and resettlement datasets <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets</a>. Data are published on a quarterly basis, with the latest information published 24 November 2022. The next quarterly figures are due to be released in February 2023.</p><p>The Home Office has no power to hold asylum seekers, including children, in hotels or any temporary accommodation if they wish to leave.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 112127 question first answered 30/12/2022 14:24:55 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1552712

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Southampton
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any asylum seekers have absconded from the Dolphin Hotel in Southampton since the hotel was adopted by the Home Office.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
	tabling member printed	Royston Smith
	uin	112127
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/12/2022 answer text <p>Occupancy levels are recorded at a specific point in time and vary daily. Statistics relating to asylum seekers temporarily residing in contingency accommodation are published as Immigration Statistics under the S98 population tables. These statistics can be found at Asylum and resettlement datasets <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets</a>. Data are published on a quarterly basis, with the latest information published 24 November 2022. The next quarterly figures are due to be released in February 2023.</p><p>The Home Office has no power to hold asylum seekers, including children, in hotels or any temporary accommodation if they wish to leave.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 112125 question first answered 30/12/2022 14:24:55 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1552715

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Hotels
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government has made support available for hotel employees who have potentially lost their employment due to hotels being used as temporary accommodation for asylum seekers.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
	tabling member printed	Royston Smith
	uin	112130
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/12/2022 answer text <p>Hotels are under no obligation to contract with our providers but may recognise a commercial benefit from this arrangement. The decision regarding hotel staff is the responsibility of the hotel and not the Home Office.</p><p>The use of hotels is a short-term solution, and we continue to work hard with local authorities to increase the supply of dispersal accommodation, which provides a better result for local communities, the individuals seeking asylum.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 30/12/2022 14:16:23 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith