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He was unfailingly polite, even solicitous, enquiring about my family, and the journey to Syria.

Housing charity Shelter said the full scale of the issue was not clear, because it was only after enquiring about a property than prospective tenants were told they were not welcome.

Officers obtained recordings of Beard's phone calls to HMPO, in which he can be heard enquiring about passport applications under different names.

The business has also seen a more than five-fold increase in people enquiring about vacancies.

"There are simply not enough homes available to rent to meet the demand from people enquiring."