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Written question asked by Kirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party) on Friday, 26 April 2024, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 30 April 2024. It was answered by Tom Pursglove (Conservative) on Tuesday, 7 May 2024 on behalf of the Home Office.

Asylum: Scotland

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an estimate of the number of taxis that have taken asylum seekers between (a) contingency and (b) bridging hotel accommodation from (i) Aberdeen to (ii) Glasgow in each of the last 12 months.

Answer

Bridging hotel accommodation was previously used to temporarily house Afghans resettling in the UK and has not been used to accommodate asylum seekers. As of 31 August 2023, we have successfully ended the use of bridging hotels for legally resettled Afghans.

Costs are considered to be commercially confidential, therefore the Home Office does not publish this information. The total expenditure on asylum is published in the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts, available at HO annual reports and accounts - GOV.UK.

The AASC Requirements below gives a detailed breakdown of all of the services to be undertaken by our accommodation providers and to the standards we expect. Full details of our polices:

http://data.parliament.uk/DepositedPapers/Files/DEP2018-1112/AASC_-_Schedule_2_-_Statement_of_Requirements.pdf.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
23872
Session
2023-24
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Asylum Costs Hotels Scotland Taxis
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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