On 12 August 2026, the Home Office reported that thirteen more hotels used to house asylum seekers in England had closed and been returned to communities, leaving under 160 still in use. Immigration Minister Anna Turley said the government was ending hotel use and shifting people into larger, basic accommodation such as former military sites. The report said planning permission was being sought at MOD Bicester and MOD Barnham, with discussions under way for MOD Linton-on-Ouse; together these sites could eventually house around 3,750 asylum seekers. It also said the government was seeking to extend use of Crowborough until 2030 and Wethersfield beyond 2027.

The latest 13 closures were expected to save taxpayers £51 million, bringing total expected savings from that year's closures to £224 million, the report said. It cited an almost £1 billion reduction in asylum accommodation costs since the 2024 general election, compared with a peak of 400 asylum hotels in 2023 at a cost of £9 million a day. The report said a new 24-week target for deciding asylum and immigration appeals took effect that day for those in accommodation and foreign national offenders, against a current average wait of 67 weeks. The listed hotels included sites in Blackpool, Loughborough, Wolverhampton, Bradford and Norwich.