| Heading: |
Asylum: Housing |
| Question ID: |
1729586 |
| UIN: |
HL1026 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2024-09-12 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4216 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Empey
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Lord Empey
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government how many asylum seekers are currently being accommodated in (1) England, (2) Scotland, (3) Wales and (4) Northern Ireland. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2024-09-26 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
533 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Lord Hanson of Flint
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Lord Hanson of Flint
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| Answer text: |
The Home Office has a statutory obligation to support and accommodate asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute. It does not publish a breakdown of statistics which disaggregates asylum accommodation costs by type.The total expenditure on asylum is ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
1 |
| Answering body name: |
Home Office |
| Tweeted: |
true |