Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what the expenditure has been on both initial and dispersal accommodation for asylum seekers paid to (1) Serco, (2) Mears Group, and (3) Clearsprings Ready Homes, in each month since July 2024.

Costs are subject to change depending on numbers being accommodated within the asylum system, and details are considered to be commercially confidential.

The total expenditure on asylum is published in the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts, available at HO annual reports and accounts.