To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people are in receipt of (a) section 95 support for asylum applicants and (b) section 4 support for a failed asylum applicant who cannot return home.

holding answer 9 September 2013

As at end of June 2013, there were 21,423 asylum seekers, including dependants, in receipt of Section 95 and 4,472 in receipt of Section 4 support for failed asylum applicants who cannot return home.

The data presented above, are published in table as16q and table as18q (Asylum data tables Volume 2) of Immigration Statistics: April—June 2013, available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release and the Library of the House.