§ Mr. EvansTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment 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. [119486]
§ Ms Hodge[holding answer 17 April 2000]: The Home Office will be responding to this Question on behalf of Government as a whole, using information that we have provided to them.