Asylum: Temporary Accommodation
Commons · Question 46891 · Tabled 22 Apr 2025 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by David Simmonds
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her Department's guidance entitled Terms of reference for VfM Study on procuring short-term residential accommodation, published on 11 March 2025, how much local authorities have spent on procuring
Answer
Answered by Darren Jones, 30 Apr 2025
The provision of asylum support, including accommodation, is the responsibility of the Home Office, not of local authorities. Local authorities do not provide any funding for asylum support. The Home Office’s total expenditure on asylum accommodation in 2...