HC Deb 17 April 2000 vol 348 c319W
Mr. Evans

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how much his Department spent directly or indirectly on asylum seekers in(a) 1995, (b) 1996, (c) 1997, (d) 1998 and (e) 1999; and what estimate has been made of expenditure in the year 2000. [119484]

Ms Beverley Hughes

The Home Office will be responding to this Question on behalf of Government as a whole, using information that we have provided to them.