Written Question·Home Office·UIN 107556
Asylum: Taxis
Tabled: 21 January 2026
Answered: 23 February 2026
Question
Rupert Lowe
Restore Britain — Great Yarmouth
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average cost per trip was for taxi journeys commissioned under asylum accommodation contracts in 2025 by purpose of journey.
Answer
Alex NorrisThe Home Secretary took immediate action to ensure public money is spent efficiently and fairly by ordering a review into the use of taxis for asylum seekers.Home Office officials are working to implement a new approach that assumes public transport as th...
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