PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Asylum: Local Government (17 November 2021)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether additional funding will be made available to local authorities with higher placements of asylum seekers.
Asked by:
Navendu Mishra (Labour)
Asked by:
Navendu Mishra (Labour)
Answer
The Home Office is working on an agreed change plan in partnership with Local Authority Chief Executives through the Home Office Local Government Chief Executive Group.
The plan seeks to achieve a more equitable dispersal of asylum seekers across the UK and seeks to overcome barriers to ensure availability of service provision.
We have established working groups with Local Authorities to determine best practice, one of which relates to defining potential additional funding requirements.
Answered by:
Kevin Foster (Conservative)
24 November 2021
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