Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to ensure that family members of Afghan interpreters are not separated into different bridging hotels upon arrival into the UK.

Our hotel teams work to place families together in the same bridging hotels, unless there are safeguarding concerns which indicate this is not appropriate.

When family members arrive at a later date, we strive to reunite them with those already here. If there is not sufficient space within a hotel to allow this immediately, the teams look to source an alternative hotel which can accommodate all immediate family members together as soon as possible. The teams will also try to accommodate extended family members together but limited capacity in the bridging estate means this is not always feasible.

We will continue to work across-government, with local authorities and the voluntary sector to provide the best possible service to families whilst in bridging hotels.