Asylum
Commons · Question 901406 · Tabled 19 Nov 2024 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Question
Asked by Marie Goldman
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle the asylum case backlog.
Answer
Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 25 Nov 2024
Mr Speaker, this government inherited an asylum system in crisis, with decision-making on cases at its lowest level for years, £8 million per day being spent on asylum hotels, and a £6 billion in-year overspend on asylum and illegal migration costs.We hav...