Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers have received independent advice from Migrant Help in each year since that contract was signed with her Department; and what the average length of time has been between opening and closing those cases through that organisation.

The Home Office has provided grant-funding on a national level to Migrant Help for the provision of independent advice to asylum seekers since April 2014. The number of service users provided with advice varies according to demand. The Home Office does not measure the average length of time between opening and closing cases where asylum seekers have sought advice from Migrant Help.