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Written question asked by Rupert Lowe (Restore Britain) on Thursday, 25 June 2026, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 29 June 2026. It was answered by Alex Norris (Labour) on Friday, 3 July 2026 on behalf of the Home Office.

Asylum: Housing

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2026 to Question 7717 on Asylum: Housing, what quantitative indicators are used to evaluate local health system capacity in the siting of asylum accommodation; and how those indicators are incorporated into the Department’s site selection model.

Answer

The department operates a Full Dispersal model which works to ensure that asylum accommodation is equitably and fairly spread out across regions and nations of the United Kingdom, meaning that a small number of local authorities are not unduly burdened.

To facilitate this, we have developed Asylum Accommodation Plans in partnership with Local Government which set out our approach to the procurement and occupancy of Dispersal Accommodation across the UK. The plans are underpinned by an indexing model which weights three key overarching factors. Indexing provides a flexible, transparent evidence-based for the dispersal of the national asylum-seeking population to ensure equity remains at the core. The overarching factors are:

  • The current housing market and viability
  • Social factors including pressures on local services
  • Existing population including extant Home Office cohorts

These three factors ensure the plans are evidence- based and strike a balance between equity and availability, as well as for the first time considering various pressures in local areas which we have worked on with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. The plans and indexing are reviewed regularly to ensure the plans are flexible to changing external factors.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
13338
Session
2026-27
Related items
Asylum: Housing
Tuesday, 23 June 2026
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Asylum Housing Health services
Link
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