United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 17980
Asylum: Applications
Introduced
14 June 2022
Last action
21 June 2022 · Answer
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Answered
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Subjects
Asylum
Source updated
21 June 2022
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse is of supporting an asylum seeker in the UK for six months while waiting for an asylum application to be processed.
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14 June 2022
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse is of supporting an asylum seeker in the UK for six months while waiting for an asylum application to be processed.
Source: Commons
21 June 2022
Answer
The United Kingdom has a statutory obligation to provide destitute asylum seekers with accommodation and other support whilst their application for asylum is being considered. The cost of supporting an asylum seeker is dependent on the level of support th...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-06-14/17980
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1470209
- uk · wq-1470209 · source updated 21 June 2022