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Asylum: Contracts

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainHome OfficeTabled Answered 23 February 2026UIN 109341

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of asylum-related expenditure is delivered through outsourced contracts rather than in-house provision.

Answered by Alex Norris

We do not report and hold data at this granularity and would only be obtainable at disproportionate cost.The Home Office publishes information on asylum expenditure in the Home Office annual report and accounts: 2024 to 2025 - GOV.UK.

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