Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the annual cost to the public purse is of employing one person to process asylum claims; and what the total cost to the public purse is of processing one asylum claim.

The Home Office are unable to report what the annual cost to the public is of employing one person to process asylum claims and what the total cost to the public purse is of processing one asylum claim as this information is not held in a reportable format.

However the home office do routinely publish information on the total cost and breakdown of Asylum costs and productivity and can be found at Asy_04: Immigration and protection data: Q1 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

These include the costs of managing asylum operations claim including costs associated with deciding a case (screening clients, interviews and issuing a decision), managing any related appeal, the cost of all asylum operations support (S4, S95 & S98), detention costs where detention has been used and enforcement costs (escorting and assisted voluntary returns). Also included are the costs of department staff and buildings and the proportionate costs of the Home Office building and managerial costs.