Written Question·Home Office·UIN 12166

Asylum: Finance

Tabled: 31 October 2024

Answered: 8 November 2024

Question

Rupert Lowe

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost of Aspen cards was to the public purse in each of the last five years.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle

The Home Office has a statutory obligation to provide accommodation and other support to asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute.The Home Office publishes information on asylum expenditure in the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts at HO annual...

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