§ Miss WiddecombeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the number of asylum applications that will be made in(a) 2001 and (b) each of the following four years. [139751]
§ Mrs. RocheThe latest forecasts, produced in May, estimated 64,000 asylum applications in 2000–01 and 61,600 in 2001–02. Figures for subsequent years are not available.
§ Miss WiddecombeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much has been(a) spent by, (b) claimed by and (c) reimbursed to each local authority in the United Kingdom (i) in the first six months of 2000–01 and (ii) in total, in respect of asylum support; and if he will make a statement.[139749]
§ Mrs. RocheThe amounts shown in the table have been spent and claimed by local authorities in England and Wales in the first six months of 2000–01.
These amounts are based on unaudited grant claims received for the period 1 April 2000 to 29 September 2000. A number of grant claims have yet to be received. Claims received so far are subject to pre-payment checks and will be paid shortly. Discussions are continuing with representatives of local authorities about arrangements for payments for the remainder of the financial year.
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£ Local authority Amount spent Amount claimed Barking and Dagenham 6,058,898 6,058,898 Barnet 3,514,616 3,514,616 Barnsley 301,606 300,480 Bath and North East Somerset 15,425 15,425 Bedfordshire 962,648 962,648 Bexley 787,330 787,330 Birmingham 2,568,138 2,568,138 Blackpool 83,081 83,081 Bolton Metro 258,929 258,929 Bournemouth 489,910 489,910 Bradford 224,081 224,081 Brent 5,395,780 5,395,780 Brighton and Hove 906,905 795,440 Bristol City 904,100 904,100 Bromley 1,530,330 1,503,765 Buckinghamshire 284,524 200,620 Bury 158,130 158,130 Caerphilly County 15,492 15,492 Calderdale 84,648 84,554 Cambridgeshire 762,903 762,903 Camden 4,419,747 4,419,747 Cardiff 380,000 380,000 Ceredigion CC 183 183 Cheshire 92,921 92,921 City of Newcastle 1,112,457 1,112,457
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£ Local authority Amount spent Amount claimed Conwy CBC 1,875 1,875 Cornwall 7,748 6,915 Corporation of London 936,198 710,740 Coventry 468,511 405,560 Croydon 1,402,418 1,402,418 Cumbria 5,287 5,287 Darlington 2,849 2,849 Denbighshire County 2,570 2,570 Derby 662,750 662,750 Derbyshire 29,376 28,280 Devon 144,352 139,700 Dorset 147,628 143,978 Dudley 157,996 155,560 Ealing 3,089,059 3,089,059 East Riding of Yorkshire 26,350 26,350 East Sussex 597,217 596,755 Enfield 5,976,634 5,976,634 Flintshire 1,778 1,778 Gateshead 66,481 66,481 Gloucestershire 445,414 445,414 Greenwich 3,104,055 3,104,055 Hackney 5,698,162 5,698,162 Halton 4,140 4,140 Hampshire 256,120 256,120 Haringey 13,461,140 13,461,140 Havering 1,589,915 1,589,915 Herefordshire 18,869 18,869 Hertfordshire 2,202,421 2,190,960 Hillingdon 5,017,268 4,871,240 Hounslow 3,025,472 2,497,020 Isle of Wight 5,481 5,481 Islington 13,004,400 13,004,400 Kensington and Chelsea 5,681,868 5,621,054 Kent 19,803,100 19,803,100 Kingston Upon Hull 475,865 405,440 Kingston Upon Thames 783,559 773,134 Kirklees 458,337 311,114 Knowsley 162,994 146,180 Lambeth 6,447.627 6,447,627 Lancashire 51,733 51,733 Leeds 468,878 453,022 Leicester 862,117 862,117 Leicestershire 312,705 312,705 Lewisham 5,784,718 5,784,718 Lincolnshire 363,904 363,904 Liverpool 1,046,589 985,937 Luton 2,120,205 2,120,205 Manchester 3,118,797 3,118,797 Medway 140,369 140,369 Merthyr Tydfil County 1,889 1,889 Merton 2,285,764 2,285,764 Middlesbrough 216,865 216,865 Milton Keynes 1,008,558 1,008,558 Newham 10,947,468 10,947,468 Newport County (South Wales) 85,914 69,563 Norfolk 500,182 500,182 North East Lincolnshire 315,112 285,477 North Lincolnshire 20,552 20,552 North Somerset 67,464 66,660 North Tyneside 145,358 136,271 North Yorkshire 27,507 27,507 Northamptonshire 5,639,778 5,639,778 Northumberland 2,708 2,708 Nottingham 423,841 423,841 Nottinghamshire 186,408 155,980 Oldham 127,233 105,766 Oxfordshire 4,548,007 4,229,760 Pembrokeshire 21,027 21,027 Peterborough 289,612 289,612 Plymouth 108,308 108,308 Poole 45,154 27,760
£ Local authority Amount spent Amount claimed Portsmouth 977,600 977,600 Reading 1,613,059 1,613,059 Redbridge 5,516,083 5,516,083 Redcar and Cleveland 194,816 180,537 Rhondda Cynon Taff County 15,676 15,676 Richmond Upon Thames 4,866,815 4,357,831 Rochdale 193,634 192,400 Rotherham 305,766 280,837 Rutland 23,673 23,673 Salford 337,357 337,357 Sandwell 1,090,253 1,022,220 Sheffield 1,765,280 1,765,280 Slough 6,179,132 4,909,540 Solihull 95,449 88,920 Somerset 56,172 55,320 South Gloucestershire 115,352 96,880 South Tyneside 59,343 59,343 Southampton 1,549,144 1,549,144 Southend on Sea 1,077,580 1,077,580 Southwark 9,142,860 9,142,860 St. Helens 6,560 6,560 Staffordshire 439,218 420,238 Stockport 226,143 186,180 Stockton on Tees 14,119 14,119 Stoke on Trent 228,380 228,280 Suffolk 393,228 393,228 Sunderland 164,672 160,540 Surrey 1,631,944 1,329,680 Sutton 1,505,946 1,445,200 Swindon 339,680 339,680 Tameside 119,207 114,360 Telford and Wrekin 61,022 56,640 Thurrock 1,011,984 1,011,984 Trafford 167,191 136,013 Vale of Glamorgan 28,217 29,080 Wakefield 435,443 425,340 Walsall 90,103 90,103 Waltham Forest 4,856,262 4,856,262 Wandsworth 3,272,234 2,774,440 Warrington 23,333 20,020 West Berkshire 35,756 35,756 West Sussex 513,833 513,833 Westminster 7,950,480 6,375,743 Wigan 173,868 172,460 Wiltshire 103,871 92,495 Windsor and Maidenhead 50,678 38,320 Workingham 40,502 40,502 Wolverhampton 177,027 177,027 Worcestershire 239,055 239,055 York 18,596 18,596 Cyngor Gwynedd Council 749 700 Total 227,465.138 220,938,210
§ Miss WiddecombeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions there have been to date under section 8 of the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996; and if he will make a statement. [139752]
§ Mrs. RocheThere have been seven prosecutions to date, under section 8 of the 1996 Act. We are aware of the problem caused by unscrupulous gangmasters, and by others who commit offences under this section of legislation. There has been a marked increase in the number of prosecutions in comparison with last year, when there was only one, and this demonstrates our commitment to combat illegal working and the exploitation of vulnerable people.
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§ Miss WiddecombeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of total spending on(a) asylum support and (b) administration associated with asylum applications, in (i) 2000–01 and (ii) each of the next five years.[139750]
§ Mrs. RocheThe available information is shown in the table. Spending plans beyond 2003–04 have not yet been decided.
£ million Year Asylum support Immigration administration 2000–01 604 594.5 2001–02 403 549.5 2002–03 434 555.9 2003–04 491 553.9 1Including asylum administration costs