Asylum: Costs
Commons · Question 46894 · Tabled 22 Apr 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by David Simmonds
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average cost to the public purse is of an asylum seeker.
Answer
Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 30 Apr 2025
The Home Office’s publicly available transparency data sets out the annual costs of asylum support. The most recent data, covering the year 2023/24, can be found here:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-and-protection-data-q4-2024.