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1664149

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
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, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Novotel in Ipswich being taken over by her Department on (a) tourism in Ipswich and (b) the local economy.
tabling member constituency	Ipswich
tabling member printed	Tom Hunt
uin	202002
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2023 answer text <p>For the safety of asylum seekers and staff in the hotels the Home Office does not publicly comment on individual hotels which may or may not be utilised.</p><p>The Home Office recognises the strain that local authorities, are facing at this time and the challenges that hotel accommodation brings. We are committed to work with local authorities through our multi-agency meetings to ensure sites are successfully managed and the impact on the local communities is minimised.</p><p>The Home Office is committed to making every effort to reduce hotel use and limit the burden on the taxpayer. This is why we are delivering a range of alternative accommodation sites, maximising hotel space, operationalising the Illegal Migration Act and continuing our hard work to clear the asylum backlog by the end of 2023.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 18/10/2023 16:39:17 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4771 label Biography information for Tom Hunt

1664631

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
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 a recent assessment of the adequacy of hotel accommodation provided for asylum seekers.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
uin	202484
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>Where there is substantive and reliable evidence that procurement would not be suitable, then it will not proceed.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office is making every effort to reduce our reliance on hotels through alternative forms of accommodation to limit the burden on the taxpayer.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 26/10/2023 09:20:02 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1658694

registered interest
date	06/09/2023
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, if she will publish details of the hotel chains with which her Department has signed contracts for the exclusive use of asylum seeker accommodation within the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	198064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2023 answer text <p>Details of the hotel chains contracted for asylum accommodation are considered commercially confidential and we do not routinely publish these details. Published statistics of where asylum seekers are accommodated can be viewed under the Local Authority Dataset Asy-D11 at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets" target="_blank">Asylum and resettlement datasets - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 15/09/2023 10:39:04 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1656787

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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, in which constituencies the provision of temporary accommodation in hotels for asylum seekers is being reduced; and in which constituencies capacity in already used hotels is being increased.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North West
tabling member printed	Taiwo Owatemi
uin	197168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The latest published Immigration Statistics detail the number of supported asylum seekers accommodated in each local authority area. These statistics can be found at Asylum and resettlement datasets Asylum and resettlement datasets - GOV.UK (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets), under the document Asylum seekers in receipt of support (second edition). Data sets are published on a quarterly basis, the latest quarterly figures were released on 24 August 2023.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 11/09/2023 13:07:09 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4779 label Biography information for Taiwo Owatemi

1654751

registered interest
date	20/07/2023
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, with reference to the press release entitled Thousands of asylum seekers to be moved out of hotels, published by her Department on 5 June 2023, in which five countries the deport first, appeal process has restarted; and in which 21 countries her Department is seeking to set up video rooms after receiving necessary consents to establishing live link evidence.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C McDonald
uin	195474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2023 answer text <p>The Home Secretary wrote to the Chair of HASC on 30 August 2023, with the details of the first five countries; the letter will be published by HASC in due course.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 04/09/2023 14:50:50 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1652502

registered interest
date	12/07/2023
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, what the break date is for the contracts between her Department and hotels in Bournemouth for housing asylum claimants.
tabling member constituency	Bournemouth West
tabling member printed	Sir Conor Burns
uin	193597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2023 answer text <p>The enduring solution is to stop the illegal, dangerous, and unnecessary small boat crossings that are overwhelming our asylum system. The Home Office works tirelessly, alongside other government departments, to reduce the Government’s dependency on hotels for contingency accommodation through a package of long-term and short-term measures. Hotels are on a rolling contract and in the event we decommission a site, there is a notice period to ensure that our accommodation providers can safely relocate residents.</p><p>We expect high standards from all of our providers, and we have a robust governance framework in place to manage service delivery of the Asylum Accommodation Support Contracts (AASC). Details of the AASC can be found at:</p><p>New asylum accommodation contracts awarded - GOV.UK <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-asylum-accommodation-contracts-awarded" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/news/new-asylum-accommodation-contracts-awarded</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 193598 question first answered 21/07/2023 11:25:28 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns

1652503

registered interest
date	12/07/2023
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, what the end date is in the contracts between her Department and hotels in Bournemouth housing asylum claimants.
tabling member constituency	Bournemouth West
tabling member printed	Sir Conor Burns
uin	193598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2023 answer text <p>The enduring solution is to stop the illegal, dangerous, and unnecessary small boat crossings that are overwhelming our asylum system. The Home Office works tirelessly, alongside other government departments, to reduce the Government’s dependency on hotels for contingency accommodation through a package of long-term and short-term measures. Hotels are on a rolling contract and in the event we decommission a site, there is a notice period to ensure that our accommodation providers can safely relocate residents.</p><p>We expect high standards from all of our providers, and we have a robust governance framework in place to manage service delivery of the Asylum Accommodation Support Contracts (AASC). Details of the AASC can be found at:</p><p>New asylum accommodation contracts awarded - GOV.UK <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-asylum-accommodation-contracts-awarded" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/news/new-asylum-accommodation-contracts-awarded</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 193597 question first answered 21/07/2023 11:25:28 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns

1652504

registered interest
date	12/07/2023
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 many hotels are housing asylum seekers in (a) Bournemouth West constituency, (b) Bournemouth East constituency, (c) Poole constituency, (d) Mid Dorset and North Poole constituency, (e) Southampton Itchen constituency, (f) Southampton Test constituency and (g) Romsey constituency; and how many asylum seekers are housed in each of those constituencies.
tabling member constituency	Bournemouth West
tabling member printed	Sir Conor Burns
uin	193599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2023 answer text <p>The latest published Immigration Statistics detail the number of supported asylum seekers accommodated in each local authority area. These statistics can be found at Asylum and resettlement datasets Asylum and resettlement datasets - GOV.UK (<a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistical-data-sets%2Fasylum-and-resettlement-datasets&amp;data=05%7C01%7CASRA-briefingcorrespondence%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C6315f8152845465dda9408db837b41a7%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638248337624066945%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=pRwz1k0znP%2FseIcLsPkY3p3mRKi8BC4jcD8%2B8DYsKZI%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets</a> opens in a new tab), under the document Asylum seekers in receipt of support (second edition). Data are published on a quarterly basis, with the next quarterly figures due to be released 24 August 2023.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 21/07/2023 12:24:39 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns

1651889

registered interest
date	11/07/2023
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, if she will review her Department’s use of hotel accommodation to help improve the suitability of accommodation offered to asylum seekers.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	193421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">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 as set out in the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">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 as set out in the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The enduring solution is to stop the illegal, dangerous, and unnecessary small boat crossings that are overwhelming our asylum system. The Home Office is working tirelessly, alongside other government departments, to reduce the Government’s dependency on hotels for contingency accommodation through a package of long-term and short-term measures.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Asylum Accommodation service providers identify suitable accommodation and ensure that it conforms to the accommodation standards and provision set out in Schedule 2 of the Asylum Accommodation and Support Contracts (AASC). The Statement of Requirements, available via the link below, sets out the full details of our contractual obligations:</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdata.parliament.uk%2FDepositedPapers%2FFiles%2FDEP2018-1112%2FAASC_-_Schedule_2_-_Statement_of_Requirements.pdf&amp;data=05%7C01%7CASRA-briefingcorrespondence%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C5e6d5c5bfb44494ab67908db52093aed%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638193971807310448%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=bMVyR1sTTK8B9OqTMGxv90cXfwX%2BMMdYHD%2BEmROCTS0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">http://data.parliament.uk/DepositedPapers/Files/DEP2018-1112/AASC_-_Schedule_2_-_Statement_of_Requirements.pdf(opens in a new tab)</a>.</ins></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 19/07/2023 15:45:44 question first ministerially corrected 20/07/2023 10:30:51 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 88809 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1646306

registered interest
date	21/06/2023
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, what was the cost to the public purse of accommodating unprocessed asylum seekers in hotels in the most recent week for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr Rob Roberts
uin	190632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2023 answer text <p>Under the Immigration &amp; Asylum Act 1999, the Home Office has a statutory obligation to house asylum seekers, who would otherwise be destitute, whilst their claim is under consideration. The cost for hotel rooms has now reached £6 million a day. The enduring solution is to stop the boats and that’s why we have brought forward the Immigration bill.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 27/06/2023 15:10:24 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4810 label Biography information for Mr Rob Roberts