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Written question asked by Lord Jackson of Peterborough (Conservative) on Wednesday, 22 October 2014, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 27 October 2014 (named day). It was answered by James Brokenshire (Conservative) on Monday, 27 October 2014 on behalf of the Home Office.

Asylum: Peterborough

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals have been supported with accommodation under the auspices of the National Asylum Support Service in Peterborough constituency in each quarter since May 2010; and if she will make a statement.

Answer

The National Asylum Support Service was disbanded in 2006. Asylum support is now managed through regional asylum teams.

Support may be provided under section 95 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 to asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute until their asylum claim is determined. Section 95 support can be provided as both accommodation and subsistence, or accommodation or subsistence only.

The numbers of asylum seekers in receipt of support are available broken down by Local Authority. The following table shows the number of asylum seekers in receipt of Section 95 support in Peterborough Local Authority as at the end of each quarter since the end of March 2010 to June 2014.

The numbers of asylum seekers in receipt of section 95 support, broken down by Local Authority, are published on a quarterly basis by the Home Office in Table as_16_q of the Immigration Statistics release .The copy of the latest publication (Immigration statistics, April to June 2014 ) is available on the Gov.UK website:

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
211499
Session
2014-15
Subjects
Asylum Housing Peterborough
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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