Asylum: Applications

(asked on 24th April 2025) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) lowest, (b) highest and (c) average administrative cost to the public purse is of processing an asylum claim.


Answered by
Angela Eagle Portrait
Angela Eagle
Minister of State (Home Office)
This question was answered on 6th May 2025

The requested data is not centrally held, but Tab ASY_04 at the link below details 2023/24 Asylum Support costs for the average claimant:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-and-protection-data-q4-2024.

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