Written questions

Social Services: Asylum

Commons · Question 111400 · Tabled 5 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, if he will list the ten local authorities which incurred the highest asylum-related social care costs in the 2024-25 financial year.

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...