Written Question·Home Office·UIN 46894
Asylum: Costs
Tabled: 22 April 2025
Answered: 30 April 2025
Named DayQuestion
David Simmonds
Conservative — Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average cost to the public purse is of an asylum seeker.
Answer
Dame Angela EagleThe Home Office’s publicly available transparency data sets out the annual costs of asylum support. The most recent data, covering the year 2023/24, can be found here:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-and-protection-data-q4-2024.