Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information her Department holds on the amount (a) budgeted for and (b) spent on housing for (i) refugees and (ii) asylum seekers by each local authority in the 2024-25 financial year; and how much has been budgeted for this purpose for the 2025-26 financial year.

The department does not hold this information to the level of detail requested. The department releases data on local authority spend through the local authority revenue expenditure and financing statistics, in which RO3 line 49 accounts for social support services or interventions for registered asylum seekers, including:

• supported access to health, housing or education services;

• language/interpreter support;
• providing advice and information; and
• access to legal advice.

Additionally, RO3 Line 18 and RO3 Line 26 both refer to children's social care, in relation to asylum seekers.

The most recent data collected by the department regarding budgeted spending on refugees and asylum seekers by local government in England is from 2024-25 and can be found here. The relevant lines within the budget publication are: RA326 Children's social care – Asylum seekers; and RA349 Social support – Asylum seeker support.

The department has not yet published data for the 2025/26 financial year.

The first revenue outturn release for 2024/25 will be released in September 2025.