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Home Office

Answer

Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the net current expenditure on asylum seekers by each local authority in (a) Scotland and (b) Wales has been in each year since 1996-97. [204530] Mr. Browne: The information is not available in the precise format requested. There is no information available for financial years prior to 1999-2000. The Home Office assumed responsibility for the budget for asylum seekers on 1 April 1999. For Wales, The National Asylum Support Service (NASS) makes payments direct to each local authority responsible for supporting asylum seekers. Information is only available for the periods 6 December 1999-31 March 2000, 2000-01 and 2001-02 and this information is reproduced. For Scotland, in the years 1999-2000 to 2001-02, NASS made payments to the Scottish Executive who distributed the funding to local authorities in Scotland supporting asylum seekers. NASS does not have any information relating to expenditure incurred by Scottish local authorities. £ _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 6 December 1999 to 1 April 2000 to 1 April 2001 to 31 March 2000 31 March 2001 31 March 2002 Local Authority Expenditure Maximum claim Expenditure Maximum claim Expenditure Maximum claim claimed claimed claimed Blaenau Gwent County -- -- 6,014.39 7,280.00 -- -- Bridgend County 1,844.00 1,680.00 -- -- -- -- Caerphllly County 10,946.21 13,819.02 35,659.12 43,680.00 23,413.05 22,770.00 Cardiff 175,850.00 206,393.00 753,207.00 799,560.00 471,029.00 475,020.00 Carmarthenshire -- -- -- -- -- -- Ceredigion CC -- -- 3,118.65 3,780.00 6,350.15 7,280.00 Conwy CBC 1,200.00 2,240.00 2,925.00 5,460.00 -- -- Denbighshire County 1,300.00 1,300.00 5,276.83 7,280.00 1,007.21 1,240.00 Flintshire 1,750.00 2,520.00 2,747.16 7,280.00 2,396.69 6,020.00 Gwynedd -- -- 749.07 700.00 -- -- Isle of Anglesey CC -- -- -- -- -- -- Merthyr Tydfil County 1,220.65 2,380.00 3,269.17 6,300.00 -- -- Monmouthshire County 6,425.24 4,480.00 10,610.28 14,560.00 11,292.10 14,560.00 Neath Port Talbot 1,685.81 2,380.00 8,186.10 14,560.00 5,740.15 7,280.00 Newport County (South 30,721.36 27,871.73 167,784.43 160,400.00 159,494.42 179,370.00 Wales) Pembrokeshire 6,923.53 6,923.53 32,295.00 34,339.20 10,226.56 12,320.00 Powys CC -- -- -- -- -- -- Rhondda Cynon Taff 16,713.36 14,041.00 50,635.77 56,860.00 31,424.00 39,740.00 County Swansea City and County 6,973.15 27,380.00 36,504.00 45,960.00 39,264.68 48,360.00 Torfaen CBC -- -- -- -- -- -- Vale of Glamorgan 17,122.00 13,320.00 54,501.00 56,160.00 55,009.00 56,160.00 Wrexham -- -- -- -- -- -- Total 280,675.31 326,728.28 1,173,482.97 1,264,159.20 816,647.01 870,120.00 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

204530; 429 c739-40W;429 c742-4W

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Asylum Expenditure Local government Scotland Wales

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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