PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(13 November 2024)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an estimate of the annual cost of providing (a) housing and (b) welfare support for people residing in the UK illegally; and what steps she is taking to reduce these costs.
Asked by:
Richard Tice (Reform UK)
Asked by:
Richard Tice (Reform UK)
Answer
The department has made no such estimate. Persons residing in the UK illegally who have no recourse to public funds are not eligible for an allocation of social housing or statutory homelessness assistance.
More broadly, the Home Office is responsible for tackling illegal immigration.
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