To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to support (a) homeless and (b) other asylum-seeking and refugee women during the covid-19 pandemic.
Answered on
16 February 2021
Asylum seekers who are destitute and do not have adequate housing or the means of obtaining it are provided with accommodation from the Home Office, as well as other support to cover their essential living needs. This is in line with our statutory duties.
Individuals granted refugee status become eligible to the same local authority assistance with housing that is available to British Citizens and other permanent residents of the UK.
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