| Heading: |
Asylum: Finance |
| Question ID: |
1812097 |
| UIN: |
59315 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-12 |
| Asking Member ID: |
3935 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Sir Mel Stride
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| Asking Member handle: |
meljstride
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@meljstride
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 2.20 of the Spending Review 2025, published on 11 June 2025, if she will provide a breakdown of the £1 billion estimated savings from spending on the asylum system by (a) area of spend, ( |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-17 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4621 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Darren Jones
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| Answering Member handle: |
darrenpjones
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@darrenpjones
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Correcting Member display name: |
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| Correcting Member handle: |
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| Correcting Member Twitter reference: |
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| Answer text: |
This government inherited an unaffordable and unsustainable asylum pressure, which is why this government has taken action to reduce asylum costs. The Home Secretary’s robust reforms, including investment in the new Border Security Command, are aimed at r... |
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| Answering body ID: |
14 |
| Answering body name: |
Treasury |
| Tweeted: |
true |