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Chamber and committees

Question reference: S6W-09508

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: 30 June 2022
  • Current status: Answered by Shona Robison on 19 July 2022

Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will commit, in partnership with local authorities, to publishing annual figures on loss of life of asylum seekers in temporary hotel accommodation in Scotland.


Answer

Asylum is a matter reserved to the UK Parliament. The Scottish Government does not hold data on deaths of people seeking asylum in any type of accommodation.