§ Mr. MalinsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the cost of asylum support is, including unaccompanied minors(a) in the last 12 months for which figures are available, (b) estimated for the current financial year and (c) estimated for the period 2003–04; and if he will make a statement. [75433]
§ Beverley HughesThe expenditure on asylum support, including unaccompanied minors for 2000–01 was £751 million.
The figures for the financial year, 2001–02 are not yet finalised. These will be published in the Immigration and Nationality Directorate (IND) Annual Report in the near future.
It is not yet possible to provide the estimated allocations for 2003–04. This will depend on a range of factors and will be finalised much closer to the time.