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Development Aid: Asylum

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5 September 2025

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23 September 2025 · Answer

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Asylum

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23 September 2025

Asylum

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To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of expenditure on housing asylum seekers is drawn from the Official Development Assistance budget, and whether any unspent expenditure is returned to that budget.

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  1. 5 September 2025

    Written question

    To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of expenditure on housing asylum seekers is drawn from the Official Development Assistance budget, and whether any unspent expenditure is returned to that budget.

    Source: Lords

  2. 23 September 2025

    Answer

    The provisional Statistics on International Development show that in 2024, £2.8 billion was spent on support to refugees or asylum seekers in the UK, a £1.4 billion or one third reduction on the previous year. This reduces the share of Official Developmen...

    Source: Written answer

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