Properties purchased to house asylum seekers

Request

I would like to file a freedom of information request for data held by your council and any of its trading companies.

 

Please can you disclose the following:

1) How many properties has the council purchased for the purposes of housing asylum seekers in each of the past five years?

  

2) How much did the council spend in total purchasing properties for the purpose of housing asylum seekers in each of those years?

              

3) What was the purchase price of each of those properties?

              

4) How many council-owned properties are used to house asylum seekers?

  

5) What is the total estimated value of the council-owned properties used to house asylum seekers?

 

6) What is the estimated value of the most valuable council-owned property used to house asylum seekers?

        

7) How many asylum seekers are housed in council-owned properties?

  

8) Can you list the properties in question 4 by council ward?

    

9) How long has the average asylum seeker lived in council-owned property?

  

10) What is the longest period for which any individual asylum seeker has been housed in council-owned property?

Decision

1-10. Lincolnshire County Council have not purchased any properties for the purpose of housing asylum seekers.

Reference number
13587029
Date request received
1 September 2025
Date of decision
22 September 2025