Asylum: Finance

Home Office written question – answered at on 5 October 2015.

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Photo of Lord Roberts of Llandudno Lord Roberts of Llandudno Liberal Democrat

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what payments were made to asylum seekers who were not entitled to state benefits in (1) 2000, (2) 2010, and (3) 2014.

Photo of Lord Bates Lord Bates The Minister of State, Home Department

The Home Office does not recognise or use the term ‘state benefits’. We have therefore provided information on payments made under Section 4 and Section 95 of the Asylum Act 1999.

Under S95Under S4
Calendar Year£m£m
201466.411.3
201025.8

Disaggregating the costs of subsistence payments made under S4 in 2010 would incur disproportionate costs.

Disaggregating the S4 or S95 costs in 2000 would incur disproportionate costs.

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