Asylum: Finance
Commons · Question 95897 · Tabled 1 Dec 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by David Simmonds
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, further to page 122 of the OBR, Economic and Fiscal Outlook, November 2025, CP1439, 26 November 2025, what is her department’s estimated spending on asylum in 2024-25 and each year of the Spending Rev
Answer
Answered by Alex Norris, 15 Dec 2025
Asylum support spend in FY 2024/25 was £4.0 billion and for 2025/26 the budget is £3.6 billion. As per the Spending Review, by FY 2028/29, we plan to reduce this by £1.1 billion, bringing the total spend down to £2.5 billion. The allocations process is on...