United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 71664
Asylum: Housing
Introduced
29 August 2025
Last action
9 September 2025 · Answer
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Answered
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Asylum, Housing
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9 September 2025
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of using dispersal accommodation for asylum seekers on the availability of housing for British citizens.
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29 August 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of using dispersal accommodation for asylum seekers on the availability of housing for British citizens.
Source: Commons
9 September 2025
Answer
Under the Immigration Act of 1999, any government has a legal obligation to provide accommodation to asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute.The Home Office and its accommodation providers work closely with local authorities across the country to ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-08-29/71664
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1828265
- uk · wq-1828265 · source updated 9 September 2025