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Asylum: Interviews

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainHome OfficeTabled Answered 30 January 2025UIN 26191

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse has been of interpretation for asylum interviews in each of the last five years.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

Cost information on Asylum-specific and interpretation costs is not readily available from our financial systems and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

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