| Heading: |
Asylum: Local Government |
| Question ID: |
1791024 |
| UIN: |
43109 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-01 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4872 |
| Asking Member display name: |
David Simmonds
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
David Simmonds
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with local authorities on the potential impact of the costs of supporting asylum seekers on the financial sustainability of local authorities. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-14 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
491 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Dame Angela Eagle
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| Answering Member handle: |
angelaeagle
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@angelaeagle
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| Answer text: |
This Government inherited an asylum system under exceptional strain, with tens of thousands of people stuck in limbo without any prospect of having their claims processed. At their peak use under the previous government, in the autumn of 2023, more than 4... |
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| Answering body ID: |
1 |
| Answering body name: |
Home Office |
| Tweeted: |
true |