Home Office written question – answered at on 28 May 2025.
Shaun Davies
Labour, Telford
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the total amount owed to the Home Office by companies that receive money to house irregular migrants in hotels since 2019; and what discussions she has had with those companies on the transfer of those monies to her Department.
Angela Eagle
The Minister of State, Home Department
The Home Office is currently conducting an open book audit covering the seven contracts with the three suppliers of Asylum Accommodation and Support Contracts. Following completion of the audit, excess profits will be returned to the Home Office in line with the contracts’ profit share provisions.
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