Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government, with reference to paragraph 34 on page 12 of the Family Returns: Reforming Asylum Support and Enforcing Family Returns consultation, what was the total number of failed asylum seekers in receipt of support in February.

Data relating to people receiving asylum support is published on GOV.UK as part of the immigration system statistics quarterly release. The latest information, from the year ending March 2026, is available in the data set ‘Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support’.

This data includes those in receipt of section 95 and section 4 support. Those receiving section 4 support are failed asylum seekers i.e. those whose asylum claims have been refused or declared inadmissible. The data for the period ending March 2026 shows, 4,745 people were in receipt of section 4 support. Within the published section 95 data, families with dependent children who have have had their asylum claims refused will be included, however, we do not currently publish data for the section 95 cohort by claim outcome.