HC Deb 10 May 2001 vol 368 cc369-70W
Mr. Grieve

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement about the number of asylum seekers and refugees placed in Scotland under the dispersal scheme. [145888]

Mrs. Liddell

[holding answer I6 January 2001]: Glasgow City is currently the only local authority in Scotland providing services for asylum claimants under the dispersal scheme implemented by the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999. At 30 March it was accommodating 1,301 principal asylum seekers (3,903 individuals) under these arrangements.

The YMCA in Glasgow is also contracted to provide services under the dispersal scheme and at 30 March it was providing accommodation for 186 single asylum seekers.