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Written Question
Asylum: Hotels
Tuesday 8th September 2026

Asked by: Mims Davies (Conservative - East Grinstead and Uckfield)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers are currently accommodated at the Copthorne Hotel in East Grinstead and Uckfield constituency.

Answered by Anna Turley - Minister of State (Home Office)

For the safety and security of those we accommodate, staff and local communities, it is our longstanding policy not to disclose information about sites which may or may not be utilised by the Home Office.

Data on the number of asylum seekers receiving support and accommodation, which can also be split into each Local Authority area, is published quarterly in the Immigration system statistics data tables - GOV.UK.

The latest published figures show that, as of 30 June 2026, the following numbers of individuals were receiving asylum support in Mid Sussex:

- 321 people in contingency hotel accommodation

- 4 people in dispersal accommodation

- 1 person receiving subsistence only support

Written Question
Asylum: Hotels
Tuesday 8th September 2026

Asked by: Mims Davies (Conservative - East Grinstead and Uckfield)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average monthly cost was of accommodating asylum seekers at the Copthorne Hotel in East Grinstead and Uckfield constituency in the last 12 months.

Answered by Anna Turley - Minister of State (Home Office)

For the safety and security of those we accommodate, staff and local communities, it is our longstanding policy not to disclose information about sites which may or may not be utilised by the Home Office.

We do not report and hold data at this granularity and would only be obtainable at disproportionate cost. The Home Office publishes information on asylum expenditure in the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts 2025 to 2026 – GOV.UK (opens in a new tab).

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 07 Sep 2026
Local Government Reorganisation

"I am the only MP in the House who represents constituents in both East Sussex and West Sussex and three district councils, including Lewes, which was previously potentially going to be split previously, along with West Sussex. The confusion around devolution and LGR in West Sussex is a terrible mess, …..."
Mims Davies - View Speech

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 02 Sep 2026
Oral Answers to Questions

"I thank the Secretary of State for his answer, but if being devolved means not being able to get involved when things go wrong, that is the reason the Welsh NHS is in the mess it is.

I want to raise something important for our Union and for the people …..."
Mims Davies - View Speech

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 02 Sep 2026
Oral Answers to Questions

"I welcome the right hon. Gentleman to his place and wish him and his team well in this important role. As a former Health Minister working on the NHS in England for the past two years, he will know the challenge of tackling hospital waiting times in the face of …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 02 Sep 2026
Oral Answers to Questions

"In the past 100 days, we have all witnessed the Plaid Welsh Government in Cardiff Bay having failed to publish costings and properly explain how their flagship childcare policy will work. Perhaps Plaid just wants higher taxes and higher hand-outs, like the welfare party that is Labour sitting across from …..."
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Division Vote (Commons)
2 Sep 2026 - Representation of the People Bill - View Vote Context
Mims Davies (Con) voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 93 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 411 Noes - 102
Division Vote (Commons)
2 Sep 2026 - Representation of the People Bill - View Vote Context
Mims Davies (Con) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 93 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 85 Noes - 427
Division Vote (Commons)
2 Sep 2026 - Representation of the People Bill - View Vote Context
Mims Davies (Con) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 92 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 105 Noes - 410
Division Vote (Commons)
2 Sep 2026 - Representation of the People Bill - View Vote Context
Mims Davies (Con) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 91 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 166 Noes - 346