Question follow-through · 900156
Development Aid: Asylum
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for asylum accommodation policy of using the overseas development budget to help fund asylum accommodation.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 24 Jul 2024
- Target answer date
- 30 Jul 2024
- Answer
- 30 Jul 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
24 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for asylum accommodation policy of using the overseas development budget to help fund asylum accommodation.
30 Jul 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Jul 2024
Answer published
The growth of asylum accommodation spending has led to difficult cuts to other UK aid programmes. This Government is committed to rebuilding Britain’s reputation on international development. The Home Secretary is committed to bringing order to the asylum...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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