Asylum: Social Services
Commons · Question 111404 · Tabled 5 Feb 2026 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 10 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by James McMurdock
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce the long-term reliance of asylum seekers on local authority social care services.
Answer
Answered by Alex Norris, 10 Mar 2026
The Home Office provides funding to local authorities, to assist with eligible expenditure costs of supporting asylum seekers in asylum accommodation in their areas, through the asylum dispersal grant. Expenditure for the funding may include, but not be l...