The report says ministers are considering allowing higher rents to be paid for private accommodation as part of a broader move away from asylum hotels. Greater use of dispersed private accommodation would sit alongside proposals to use former military sites. It is useful background to the national debate over whether very large accommodation centres are the right solution compared with more dispersed alternatives.
Number of asylum seekers living in hotels across UK halves in a year
New figures show a substantial fall in the number of asylum seekers being accommodated in hotels, as the Government continues its move towards alternative accommodation.
