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Housing: Undocumented Migrants

Asked by Richard TiceReform UKMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 22 November 2024UIN 14211

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an estimate of the annual cost of providing (a) housing and (b) welfare support for people residing in the UK illegally; and what steps she is taking to reduce these costs.

Answered by Rushanara Ali

The department has made no such estimate. Persons residing in the UK illegally who have no recourse to public funds are not eligible for an allocation of social housing or statutory homelessness assistance.

More broadly, the Home Office is responsible for tackling illegal immigration.

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