§ Mr. EvansTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much his Department spent (i) directly and (ii) 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. [119488]
§ Mr. MandelsonThe Home Office will be responding to this question on behalf of the Government as a whole, using information that we have provided to them.