Thirteen hotels have closed their doors to asylum seekers and returned to community use across England. The sites include the Ramada Jarvis Hotel in Loughborough and the Grand Metropole Hotel in Blackpool.
This batch follows 11 closures in April and 20 in June. The Home Office reports that the latest closures are expected to save £51 million, bringing total expected savings from this year's closures to £224 million.
Accommodation changes and costs
The government is increasing use of larger sites, including former military bases. Discussions have started on three new MOD sites that could house around 3,750 people. Extensions are sought for Crowborough until 2030 and Wethersfield beyond 2027.
These figures sit against an earlier peak of 400 hotels in use during 2023 at a daily cost of £9 million. Asylum accommodation costs have fallen by almost £1 billion since the 2024 general election.
New appeal decision target
A 24-week target for asylum and immigration appeals now applies to people in accommodation and foreign national offenders. The previous average wait was 67 weeks.
This is general information drawn from the gov.uk announcement.
- Ramada Jarvis Hotel, Loughborough
- Chimney House Hotel, Sandbach
- Britannia Ashley Hotel, Hale
- Gold Thorn Hotel, Wolverhampton
- Grand Metropole Hotel, Blackpool
- Nottingham Hotel, Nottingham
- Grosvenor Hotel, Stratford-upon-Avon
- Staycity Apartments Deptford Bridge, Lewisham
- Needham House, Hitchin
- Holiday Inn, Bridgwater
- Holiday Inn Express, Dunstable
- Dubrovnik Hotel, Bradford
- Best Western Brook Hotel, Norwich