<p>Data on the number of supported asylum seekers in accommodation (including in contingency hotels and other contingency accommodation) is published in table Asy_D11 here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistical-data-sets%2Fasylum-and-resettlement-datasets&data=05%7C02%7CSophie.Rooney%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C97054a27c6e0487d61a408dc11c3abb0%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638404779294870791%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=pjo5AklY9C0v9MiHIJeQv6tfOaEWKEdu3vrcYQ6zGqI%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">Asylum and resettlement datasets - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>. Data is published on a quarterly basis.</p><p>Costs are subject to change depending on numbers being accommodated within the asylum system. Accommodation costs are considered to be commercially confidential; therefore, the Home Office does not publish this information. However, total expenditure on asylum is published in the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts, available at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fho-annual-reports-and-accounts&data=05%7C02%7CSophie.Rooney%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C97054a27c6e0487d61a408dc11c3abb0%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638404779294870791%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=qpGXk3hKyfXAXlT0qBB4t21Iy3ExY7v%2BGEa55p84bMs%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ho-annual-reports-and-accounts</a>.</p>