Asked by: Baroness Stroud (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much tax revenue has been generated by those granted asylum in the UK for the financial year 2019–20.
Answered by Lord Agnew of Oulton
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) does not hold information on the migration status of individuals paying Income Tax as that detail is not required for the operation of Income Tax.
Asked by: Baroness Stroud (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much has been saved to the public purse through reducing unemployment since 2010.
Answered by Lord Bates
The unemployment rate currently stands at 4.2% and today there are 609,000 fewer jobseeking claimants than in 2010.
As a result, the government is forecast to spend £2.6 billion pounds less on benefits for jobseekers in 2018-19 than in 2010-11.
There are also likely to be indirect effects on the public purse from reduced unemployment since 2010, for example through increased tax receipts. HM Treasury has not made a detailed assessment of this.