Written Question·Home Office·UIN 47905
Asylum: Applications
Tabled: 24 April 2025
Answered: 6 May 2025
Question
Ben Obese-Jecty
Conservative — Huntingdon
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) lowest, (b) highest and (c) average administrative cost to the public purse is of processing an asylum claim.
Answer
Dame Angela EagleThe requested data is not centrally held, but Tab ASY_04 at the link below details 2023/24 Asylum Support costs for the average claimant:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-and-protection-data-q4-2024.