Question follow-through · 75824
Development Aid: Asylum
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much and what proportion of the overseas aid budget is spent on asylum seekers in the UK.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 8 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 17 Sept 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much and what proportion of the overseas aid budget is spent on asylum seekers in the UK.
10 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Sept 2025
Answer published
I refer the Honourable Member to the answer of 9 June to Question 56044.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Development Aid
25 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will set out his priorities for the Official Development Assistance budget.