Question follow-through · 111076

Social Services: Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the cost to local authorities was of providing social care to asylum seekers in each financial year since 2019-20 by (a) adults, (b) children in families and (c) unaccompani

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Answering body: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled: 4 Feb 2026
Target answer date: 9 Feb 2026
Answer: 12 Feb 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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4 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the cost to local authorities was of providing social care to asylum seekers in each financial year since 2019-20 by (a) adults, (b) children in families and (c) unaccompani
9 Feb 2026
Target answer date
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12 Feb 2026
Answer published
MHCLG collects data about local authorities’ spend on all services through the General Fund revenue outturn collection, including spend on social care for asylum seekers in the General Fund Revenue Account Outturn RO3 - Social Care and Public Health Servi...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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