Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress she has made on closing contingency hotels used to accommodate asylum seekers in Warrington.

The Home Office continues to work with a range of stakeholders to fulfil our statutory obligations and deliver our commitment to reduce the overall cost of asylum accommodation, including ending the use of hotels by the end of this Parliament.

There are now fewer hotels open than there were before the election, with more due to close by the end of August.