Asked by: Julia Lopez (Conservative - Hornchurch and Upminster)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made any revision to the process of notifying hon. Members before asylum hotels are established within their constituency.
Answered by Angela Eagle - Minister of State (Home Office)
No new hotels have been commissioned to accommodate asylum seekers in the London Borough of Havering since 10 October 2024.
When a hotel has been identified for use as contingency accommodation, Home Office officials will write to the local authority Chief Executive and the constituency MP to inform them of plans to accommodate asylum seekers there.
Asked by: Julia Lopez (Conservative - Hornchurch and Upminster)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has commissioned the use of hotel accommodation in the London Borough of Havering for the purpose of housing asylum seekers since 10 October 2024.
Answered by Angela Eagle - Minister of State (Home Office)
No new hotels have been commissioned to accommodate asylum seekers in the London Borough of Havering since 10 October 2024.
When a hotel has been identified for use as contingency accommodation, Home Office officials will write to the local authority Chief Executive and the constituency MP to inform them of plans to accommodate asylum seekers there.
Asked by: Julia Lopez (Conservative - Hornchurch and Upminster)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish a breakdown of approved asylum claims by country of origin since 4 July 2024.
Answered by Angela Eagle - Minister of State (Home Office)
The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on initial decisions on asylum claims by nationality is published in table Asy_D02 of the ‘Asylum applications, initial decisions and resettlement detailed datasets’. Information on how to use the datasets can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbooks. The latest data relates to year ending September 2024.
Asked by: Julia Lopez (Conservative - Hornchurch and Upminster)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of asylum claims have been approved since 4 July 2024.
Answered by Angela Eagle - Minister of State (Home Office)
The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on initial decisions on asylum claims by nationality is published in table Asy_D02 of the ‘Asylum applications, initial decisions and resettlement detailed datasets’. Information on how to use the datasets can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbooks. The latest data relates to year ending September 2024.
Asked by: Julia Lopez (Conservative - Hornchurch and Upminster)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many new hotels she has awarded contracts to for housing asylum seekers since 4 July 2024.
Answered by Angela Eagle - Minister of State (Home Office)
I refer the Honourable Member to my response to the Urgent Question tabled by the Right Honourable Member for Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge on 20 November, which can be found at – Asylum Seekers: Hotel Accommodation - Hansard - UK Parliament.
Asked by: Julia Lopez (Conservative - Hornchurch and Upminster)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has commissioned the use of hotel accommodation in the London Borough of Havering for the purpose of housing asylum seekers since 29 July 2024.
Answered by Angela Eagle - Minister of State (Home Office)
No new hotels have been commissioned to accommodate asylum seekers in the London Borough of Havering in this period. The Home Office keeps its accommodation estate under constant review.
The Government is determined to restore order to the asylum system so that it operates swiftly, firmly, and fairly. This includes our accommodation sites, as we continue to identify a range of options to end the use of hotels to accommodate destitute asylum seekers.
Asked by: Julia Lopez (Conservative - Hornchurch and Upminster)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has commissioned the use of any hotel accommodation in the London Borough of Havering for the purpose of housing asylum seekers since 5 July 2024.
Answered by Angela Eagle - Minister of State (Home Office)
No new hotels have been commissioned to accommodate asylum seekers in the London Borough of Havering in this period.
The Government is determined to restore order to the asylum system so that it operates swiftly, firmly, and fairly. This includes our accommodation sites, as we continue to identify a range of options to end the use of hotels to accommodate destitute asylum seekers.