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Asylum: Essex

Asked by James McMurdockIndependentHome OfficeTabled Answered 24 February 2025UIN 29388

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding local councils have spent on housing asylum seekers in (a) Essex and (b) South Basildon and East Thurrock constituency since 2022.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

The requested data is not held centrally by the Home Office.

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