Nottingham’s Britannia Hotel is among 13 hotels across England which have stopped being used to accommodate asylum seekers, the Home Office has confirmed.
The government said people staying at the hotels had been relocated to alternative accommodation as it works towards ending the use of hotels for asylum support.
The latest closures are expected to save taxpayers around £51 million a year, according to the Home Office. They bring the number of hotels still being used nationally to fewer than 160, compared with a peak of almost 400.
A total of 44 asylum hotels have now closed during 2026, including 11 announced in April and a further 20 in June. The government estimates that the closures announced this year will produce combined annual savings of £224 million.
The Britannia Hotel, in St James’s Street in Nottingham city centre, has not been operating as a conventional hotel while being used under the Home Office accommodation programme.
No details have yet been announced about when it might reopen to paying guests or how the building will be used in future.
The nearby Grosvenor Rooms, formerly used as a bar and restaurant connected to the hotel, are also subject to separate plans for conversion into student accommodation.
The government said people moved out of the 13 hotels would be accommodated elsewhere in the asylum estate. Ministers are increasing the use of larger sites, including former military facilities, while also seeking to reduce the time taken to decide asylum claims.
Immigration Minister Anna Turley said: “For too long, communities have watched hotels at the centre of their towns and cities become symbols of a broken asylum system.
“We are turning that around by ending the use of asylum hotels for good and moving people into larger, basic accommodation like former military sites.
“This Government’s reforms are overhauling the immigration system to restore control at the border, and fairness to our immigration system.”
The Refugee Council has warned that replacing hotels with large former military sites would not address all the problems within the asylum system.
Imran Hussain, from the charity, said hotels could leave people isolated and make it harder for them to obtain healthcare and advice. However, he said moving people to military sites would have only a limited impact unless delays and poor decision-making within the Home Office were also addressed.
