Asked by: Lord Mohammed of Tinsley (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government whether their expenditure on housing asylum seekers in hotels is increasing or decreasing.
Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office)
The Home Office publishes information on asylum expenditure in the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts. The latest report records that expenditure on hotels was down almost a billion pounds in the last financial year.
Asked by: Lord Mohammed of Tinsley (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have received applications for political asylum from citizens of the United States of America since January.
Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office)
Data on the number of asylum claims by nationality from January to March 2025 will be published by the Home Office on 22 May 2025 in the 'Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release' on GOV.UK.