Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office written question – answered at on 23 September 2025.
Lord Mohammed of Tinsley
Liberal Democrat
To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of expenditure on housing asylum seekers is drawn from the Official Development Assistance budget, and whether any unspent expenditure is returned to that budget.
Baroness Chapman of Darlington
Minister of State (Development)
The provisional Statistics on International Development show that in 2024, £2.8 billion was spent on support to refugees or asylum seekers in the UK, a £1.4 billion or one third reduction on the previous year. This reduces the share of Official Development Assistance (ODA) spent on asylum costs in the UK to 20 per cent, down from 28 per cent. There was no unspent expenditure.
