HC Deb 25 February 2002 vol 380 cc899-900W
Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much it cost to run the National Asylum Support Service in 2001. [35995]

Angela Eagle

The information is not available in the format requested. For the financial year 2001–02 National Asylum Support Service (NASS) has been allocated £17.8 million1 to cover pay and related administration costs and £22.1 million1 for grants to voluntary organisations working with asylum seeker.

1All figures are rounded to the nearest £ million.