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 ...