Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers there are in in contingency accommodation across the UK.

The latest published Immigration Statistics detail the number of asylum seekers accommodated in each local authority area. These statistics can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets#asylum-support(opens in a new tab) Data is published on a quarterly basis, with the latest information published 24 February 2022.

The next quarterly figures are due to be released in May 2022. The Home Office does not publish a breakdown of these statistics which disaggregates the number of asylum seekers accommodated in a specific type of accommodation or break downs in gender and age. These figures are not available in a reportable format and to provide the information could only be done at disproportionate cost.