Written question asked by Conor Burns (Conservative) on Wednesday, 12 July 2023, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 17 July 2023. It was answered by Robert Jenrick (Conservative) on Friday, 21 July 2023 on behalf of the Home Office.

Asylum: Hotels

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many hotels are housing asylum seekers in (a) Bournemouth West constituency, (b) Bournemouth East constituency, (c) Poole constituency, (d) Mid Dorset and North Poole constituency, (e) Southampton Itchen constituency, (f) Southampton Test constituency and (g) Romsey constituency; and how many asylum seekers are housed in each of those constituencies.

Answer: The latest published Immigration Statistics detail the number of supported asylum seekers accommodated in each local authority area. These statistics can be found at Asylum and resettlement datasets Asylum and resettlement datasets - GOV.UK (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets opens in a new tab), under the document Asylum seekers in receipt of support (second edition). Data are published on a quarterly basis, with the next quarterly figures due to be released 24 August 2023.

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