Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the twelfth report of 2016-17 of the Home Affairs Committee, Asylum accommodation published on 17 January 2017, HC 637, whether there are plans to enable councils to provide independent oversight of the condition of asylum seeker housing.

I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given on the 18th January 2018, UIN 122556.