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Asylum: Hotels

Asked by Nick TimothyConservativeForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled Answered 28 January 2026UIN 105784

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding from the Overseas Development Assistance budget has been directed towards housing (a) asylum seekers, (b) refugees and (c) illegal migrants in their first ye

Answered by Chris Elmore

The UK reports its Official Development Assistance spend on a calendar year basis in the Statistics on International Development, including the amount spent on in-donor refugee costs.

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