Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with (a) local authorities and (b) communities in Lincolnshire on relocation plans for asylum seekers.

The Home Office continues to work with a range of stakeholders including in Lincolnshire, to fulfil our statutory obligation to support and accommodate destitute asylum seekers.

We are also working to deliver our commitment to reduce the overall cost of asylum accommodation, including ending the use of hotels, by the end of this Parliament. To achieve this, we will look at a range of more appropriate sites like disused accommodation, industrial and ex-military sites so that we can reduce the impact on communities across the UK.

Home Office officials are working closely with local authorities, property partners and across-government so that we can accelerate delivery. Decisions on the use of alternative asylum accommodation sites will be made on a site-by-site basis, and we will continue to work closely with local authorities and in compliance with published policy.