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Asylum

Commons · Question 49105 · Tabled 29 Apr 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 6 May 2025

Question

Asked by Nick Timothy

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of asylum seekers that will be dispersed in (a) West Suffolk District Council and (b) other local authorities in the next twelve months.

Answer

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 6 May 2025

The Home Office works with local authorities and other stakeholders across the country to ensure that it can fulfil its statutory obligations, and meet the Government’s commitment to reduce the overall costs of asylum accommodation, including ending the u...