Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21 February 2025, to Question 30641, on Asylum: Finance, what the budget is for payments to councils under the (a) Grant 7 and (b) Grant 6 programmes across (i) England and (ii) the United Kingdom for financial years (A) 2024-25 and (B) 2025-26; and whether there are targets for the number of individuals who will be assisted.

I refer the Honourable Member to the Answer he received on 14 February 2025 to UIN 30641.

The number of individuals assisted is based on demand and not on targets.

Details of funding for the forthcoming financial year will be issued in due course.