Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the cost to the Home Office of the pilot scheme which extends from 28 days to 56 days the "move-on" period for people whose asylum claims have been granted and who are resident in Home Office-funded accommodation or otherwise in receipt of Home Office-funded support.

The Home Office has recently introduced a time limited pilot giving newly recognised refugees 56 days’ notice to move on from asylum accommodation, in order to support local authorities as we seek to clear the asylum backlog and transition to eVisas.

We do not expect that the pilot will materially affect our forecast spend on asylum costs over the current Spending Review Period.