<p>The Home Office has a statutory obligation to accommodate asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute and accommodation needs are kept under continuous review. <br> <br> Data on the number of supported asylum seekers in accommodation (including in contingency hotels and other contingency accommodation) is published in table Asy_D11 here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistical-data-sets%2Fasylum-and-resettlement-datasets&data=05%7C02%7CASRA-briefingcorrespondence%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C1cc37f785bab48f2546508dc74015bb5%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638512796375539500%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=BRL1JNTCvPITTASe4y0YqWmSsjrcleaY5pPVuLO8w%2BQ%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">Asylum and resettlement datasets - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)(opens in a new tab)</a>. Data is published on a quarterly basis.</p>