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Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total cost to the public purse is of providing accommodation to asylum seekers and refugees in (a) England and (b) the Untried Kingdom; and if she will list each contractor which is funded to

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
21 Feb 2025
Target answer date
25 Feb 2025
Answer
3 Mar 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 21 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total cost to the public purse is of providing accommodation to asylum seekers and refugees in (a) England and (b) the Untried Kingdom; and if she will list each contractor which is funded to

  2. 25 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 3 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    The Home Office publishes information on asylum expenditure in the Home Office annual report and accounts: 2023 to 2024 - GOV.UK.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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4 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21 February 2025, to Question 30641, on Asylum: Finance, what the budget is for payments to councils under the (a) Grant 7 and (b) Grant 6 programmes across (i) England and (

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Offences against Children: Reviews

4 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21 February 2025, to Question 29607, on Offences against Children: Reviews, what remuneration is being given to Baroness Case of Blackstock for leading the review; and whethe

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Asylum: Contracts

4 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2025, to Question 29613, on Asylum: Contracts, whether her Department holds contracts with non-strategic suppliers for the provision of asylum accommodation and s

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Asylum: Refugees

4 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers have obtained refugee status since 4 July 2024.

Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

Asylum: Housing

4 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2025, to Question 29605, on Asylum: Housing, what is the Resource DEL budget for Asylum Support, Resettlement and Accommodation in financial year 2024-25.