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Asylum accommodation

Inquiry

The Home Office has a duty to provide housing and subsistence to asylum seekers who are awaiting a decision on their claim and are destitute.

Asylum accommodation is primarily delivered by private providers through the Asylum Accommodation and Support Services Contracts (AASC). Home Office spending on asylum accommodation and support has increased significantly in recent years, from £739 million in 2019-20 to £4.7 billion in 2023-4.

The Home Affairs Committee has launched an inquiry into asylum accommodation. The inquiry will focus on how asylum accommodation is currently delivered, how the Home Office has managed the AAS contracts, and what lessons can be learned and applied to delivery of asylum accommodation in the future. The inquiry will also look at the impact that the current approach to delivering asylum accommodation has on local areas, and how the Home Office works with local partners, particularly local authorities.

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The deadline for submissions was 11:59pm on 3 February 2025.

Reports, special reports and government responses

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4th Report – The Home Office's management of asylum accommodation
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3rd Special Report – The Home Office’s management of asylum accommodation: Government Response
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3rd Special Report – The Home Office’s management of asylum accommodation: Government Response
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Correspondence

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Letter from Minister for Border Security relating to Stay Belvedere Hotels Ltd 15.01.2026
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Letter from the Minister for Border Security and Asylum regarding asylum accommodation 10.11.2025
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From the Minister for Border Security & Asylum relating to Asylum accommodation 08.10.2025
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Oral evidence transcripts

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1 July 2025
Inquiry Asylum accommodation
Witnesses Caroline O'Connor (Chief Executive Officer at Migrant Help), and Juliet Halstead (Deputy Director of Asylum Services at Migrant Help)
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10 June 2025
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Witnesses Dame Angela Eagle DBE (Minister for Border Security and Asylum at Home Office), Simon Ridley (Second Permanent Secretary at Home Office), and Joanna Rowland CB (Director General, Customer Services at Home Office)
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13 May 2025
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Witnesses Steve Lakey (Managing Director at Clearsprings Ready Homes), Claudia Sturt (Prisons and Immigration Director at Serco UK & Europe), and Jason Burt (Group Director of Health Safety & Compliance at Mears Group)
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Written evidence

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Deighton Pierce Glynn (AAC0147)
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Deighton Pierce Glynn (AAC0142)
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Mears Group (AAC0143)
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