Written Question·Home Office·UIN 33842

Asylum: Temporary Accommodation

Tabled: 25 February 2025

Answered: 6 March 2025

Question

James McMurdock

Independent — South Basildon and East Thurrock

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2025 to Question 29388, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of her Department holding information centrally on local council spending on housin

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle

The cost of housing for asylum seekers is borne by the Home Office and not local government.