OYO Paddington House Hotel, Padgate

The Paddington House Hotel sits on Manchester Road in Padgate within walking distance of Padgate railway station, on the eastern side of Warrington. The Home Office used the OYO branded hotel as contingency asylum accommodation from September 2022, with Serco running the building under the North West regional Asylum Accommodation and Support Services contract^[1]Press.

In a March 2024 letter to Warrington Borough Council, the Home Office confirmed it was ending the Paddington House contract at the end of May 2024 as part of its comprehensive plan to tackle illegal immigration. The department said hotels were a short-term measure to prevent destitution during periods of high arrivals, and noted a 36 per cent reduction in channel crossings the previous year. Residents were given at least five days' notice before relocation to other parts of the asylum estate^[1]Press^[2]Press.

At the £170 per person per night Migration Observatory benchmark^[3], roughly 100 residents imply headline taxpayer exposure of about £17,000 per night and £6.2 million per year at full occupancy. Across the September 2022 to May 2024 contract window, cumulative spend at the benchmark rate would be in the region of £10.5 million. The May 2025 NAO contract review put the average per hotel run rate across the wider portfolio at about £5.84 million per year^[4]NAO.