§ Lord Greavesasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many asylum seekers, including dependants, are being supported in each cluster area in National Asylum Support Service accommodation, as at the latest available date. [HL4509]
§ Baroness Scotland of AsthalThe number of asylum seekers (including dependants) supported in NASS accommodation in each government office region broken down by local authority area as at the end of June 2004 is presented in the following table.
Numbers of asylum seekers placed in NASS accommodation and numbers who are in receipt of subsistence only support from NASS are published on a quarterly and annual basis. The next publication covering the third quarter of 2004 (July to September) will be available on 16 November on the 145WA Home Office Research Development and Statistics Directorate website at http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/immigrationl.html.
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Asylum seekers supported in NASS accommodation, by Local Authority and UK Government Office Region,
as at the end of June 2004.
Number of applicants (including dependants) Region Local Authority Dispersed Disbenefited Total ENGLAND North East Darlington 30 — 30 Gateshead 450 5 455 Hartlepool 30 — 30 Middlesbrough 610 5 615 Newcastle upon Tyne 1,565 10 1,575 North Tyneside 340 — 340 Redcar and Cleveland 335 — 335 South Tyneside 145 — 145 Stockton-on-Tees 525 — 525 Sunderland 565 — 565 Total 4,600 25 4,620 North West Blackburn with Drawen 335 15 350 Bolton 765 — 765 Burnley 30 — 30 Bury 490 — 490 Crewe and Nantwich 5 — 5 Hyndburn * — * Liverpool 1,055 — 1,055 Manchester 1,325 15 1,340 Oldham 565 — 565 Pendle 25 — 25 Preston — * * Rochdale 435 — 435 Salford 920 5 920 Sefton 50 — 50 Stockport 235 — 235 Tameside 265 — 265 Trafford 100 10 105 Wigan 685 — 685 Wirral — 5 5 Total 7,280 45 7,325 Yorkshire & the Humber Barnsley 510 — 510 Bradford 1,235 10 1,245 Calderdale 265 — 265 Doncaster 985 — 985 Kingston upon Hull, City of 785 — 785 Kirklees 1,070 — 1,070 Leeds 1,995 5 2,000 North East Lincolnshire 175 — 175 Rotherham 695 — 695 Sheffield 1,330 5 1,340 Wakefield 485 — 485 York — 5 5 Total 9,530 25 9,555 East Midlands Charnwood 15 — 15 Derby 805 — 805 Gedling 15 — 15 Leicester 935 5 940 Lincoln 35 — 35 Northampton — 5 5 Nottingham 1,030 — 1,030 Rushcliffe 5 — 5 Total 2,840 10 2,850 West Midlands Birmingham 2,845 30 2,875 Coventry 955 — 955 Dudley 655 — 655 Herefordshire — 5 5 Newcastle-under-Lyme 35 — 35 Nuneaton and Bedworth — 5 5 147WA
Region Local Authority Dispersed Disbenefited Total Sandwell 845 15 860 Solihull 100 — 100 Stoke-on-Trent 885 5 895 Walsall 555 — 555 Wolverhampton 875 — 875 Wychavon — 5 5 Total 7,760 65 7,820 East of England Bedford — 10 10 Broadland 5 — 5 Epping Forest 20 — 20 Ipswich 55 5 60 Luton — 10 10 Norwich 130 * 130 Peterborough 415 * 415 Southend-on-Sea — 15 15 Stevenage — * * Watford — 5 5 Total 620 55 670 Greater London Barking and Dagenham 5 15 20 Barnet 20 50 70 Bexley — 5 5 Brent — 45 45 Bromley — 10 10 Camden 15 20 35 Croydon — 80 80 Ealing — 75 75 Enfield 140 115 255 Greenwich — 25 25 Hackney 45 65 115 Hammersmith and Fulham — 75 75 Haringey 310 160 470 Harrow — 50 50 Havering — 5 5 Hillingdon — 15 15 Hounslow — 15 15 Islington 40 80 120 Kensington and Chelsea — 5 5 Kingston upon Thames — 10 10 Lambeth — 45 45 Lewisham — 55 55 Merton — 15 15 Newham 30 115 145 Redbridge 10 45 55 Richmond upon Thames — 5 5 Southwark — 50 50 Sutton — 5 5 Tower Hamlets — 15 15 Waltham Forest 45 75 120 Wandsworth — 10 10 Westminster — 20 20 Total 660 1,375 2,035 South East Brighton and Hove 40 15 55 Dartford — 5 5 Hastings 145 — 145 Medway — 10 10 Milton Keynes — * * Oxford — 15 15 Portsmouth 440 — 440 Slough — 10 10 Southampton 250 5 255 Total 880 60 940 South West Bristol 420 — 420 Exeter 45 — 45 Gloucester 80 30 110 Plymouth 445 — 445 South Gloucestershire 85 — 85 Swindon 130 10 145 Weymouth and Portland — * * Total 1,210 45 1,255 Total (England) 35,375 1,695 37,070
Region Local Authority Dispersed Disbenefited Total Wales Cardiff 1,060 — 1,060 Neath Port Talbot * — * Newport 355 5 360 Swansea 900 — 900 Wrexham 55 — 55 Total 2,370 5 2,375 Scotland Glasgow City 5,580 — 5,580 Total 5,580 — 5,580 Northern Ireland Belfast 100 — 100 Coleraine * — * Newry and Mourne * — * Newtownabbey 5 — 5 Total 110 — 110 Total (United Kingdom) 43,435 1,700 45,135 * = 1 or 2. Figures (other than percentages) are rounded to nearest 5 and may not sum due to rounding. Disbenefited cases are cases which were previously supported under the main UK benefits system and have been moved onto NASS support. Some of these cases have remained in the original social services accommodation.