| Heading: |
Asylum: Northern Ireland |
| Question ID: |
1813392 |
| UIN: |
60413 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-17 |
| Asking Member ID: |
1409 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Mr Gregory Campbell
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Mr Gregory Campbell
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to purchase (a) tower blocks and (b) former student accommodation to house asylum seekers in Northern Ireland. |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-23 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
491 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Dame Angela Eagle
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| Answering Member handle: |
angelaeagle
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@angelaeagle
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Answer text: |
Only individuals claiming asylum in Northern Ireland are accommodated there, and as such there are no plans to acquire additional dispersal accommodation to house a wider cohort of UK asylum seekers there. The Home Office continues to work with a range of... |
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| Answering body ID: |
1 |
| Answering body name: |
Home Office |
| Tweeted: |
true |