Home Office written question – answered at on 5 December 2024.
Rupert Lowe
Reform UK, Great Yarmouth
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing an official and voluntary scheme for hon. Members to house (a) asylum seekers and (b) irregular migrants.
Angela Eagle
The Minister of State, Home Department
There are currently no such Government-backed voluntary schemes for housing asylum seekers for any households in the UK, regardless of whether that household contains an MP. It is up to MPs to decide who they might wish to live with - this is not a matter for the Government. This government inherited an asylum system under unprecedented strain, with tens of thousands stuck in a backlog without their claims processed. We are determined to restore order to the asylum system and cut the costs of asylum accommodation, including ending the use of hotels over time.
Yes2 people think so
No2 people think not
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