Asylum: Local Government
Commons · Question 43109 · Tabled 1 Apr 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 14 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by David Simmonds
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with local authorities on the potential impact of the costs of supporting asylum seekers on the financial sustainability of local authorities.
Answer
Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 14 Apr 2025
This Government inherited an asylum system under exceptional strain, with tens of thousands of people stuck in limbo without any prospect of having their claims processed. At their peak use under the previous government, in the autumn of 2023, more than 4...