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Asylum: Costs

Asked by David SimmondsConservativeHome OfficeTabled Answered 30 April 2025UIN 46894

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average cost to the public purse is of an asylum seeker.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

The Home Office’s publicly available transparency data sets out the annual costs of asylum support. The most recent data, covering the year 2023/24, can be found here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-and-protection-data-q4-2024.

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