Social Services: Asylum
Commons · Question 111076 · Tabled 4 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 12 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by James McMurdock
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the cost to local authorities was of providing social care to asylum seekers in each financial year since 2019-20 by (a) adults, (b) children in families and (c) unaccompani
Answer
Answered by Alison McGovern, 12 Feb 2026
MHCLG collects data about local authorities’ spend on all services through the General Fund revenue outturn collection, including spend on social care for asylum seekers in the General Fund Revenue Account Outturn RO3 - Social Care and Public Health Servi...