Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what target figure for asylum dispersal has been given for a) South Holland District and b) South Kesteven district.

Since 2022, the Home Office has adopted a policy of Full Dispersal, which works to ensure that asylum accommodation is equitably distributed across the country and that a small number of Local Authorities are not unduly burdened.

Delivery of Full Dispersal is supported by the Asylum Accommodation Plans for each local authority nationally. Development of the plans was informed by feedback provided by local authorities, Strategic Migration Partners (SMPs) the Local Government Association as well as other Government Departments. Furthermore, they are underpinned by an indexing model which considers a number of social factors, including crime rates, levels of homelessness and availability of GPs and dentists. Details of the Asylum Accommodation Plans, including the Service User Demand Plans, are shared with nominated local authority officials and progress is routinely monitored within regular official forums jointly attended by local authority, Home Office, accommodation providers and SMPs colleagues.

The Home Office routinely publishes data on the number of supported asylum seekers in asylum accommodation, broken down by local authority which be found within the Asy_D11 tab for our most recent statistics release: Immigration system statistics data tables - GOV.UK.