Written questions

Asylum: Crime

Commons · Question 3083 · Tabled 19 May 2026 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 28 May 2026

Question

Asked by Rupert Lowe

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether additional funding is provided to police forces that receive safeguarding disclosures from asylum seekers relating to alleged criminal incidents prior to arrival.

Answer

Answered by Alex Norris, 28 May 2026

The government sets police budgets at the annual police funding settlement. The 2026-27 final police funding settlement provides up to £21.0 billion for the policing system in England and Wales. This is an increase of up to £1.4 billion compared with the ...