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Written question asked by Karin Smyth (Labour) on Wednesday, 28 October 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 30 October 2015. It was answered by James Brokenshire (Conservative) on Monday, 9 November 2015 on behalf of the Home Office.


Asylum: Bristol

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers have been moved to the Bristol City Council area in each of the last five years.

Answer

The Home Office publish figures on the number of asylum applicants living in dispersed accommodation (under Section 95), by local authority, in the quarterly Immigration Statistics release. The latest release for April-June 2015 is available here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-april-to-june-2015 Figures on Section 95 support by local authority (including those in dispersed accommodation) are published in table as_16q, in volume 4 of the Asylum data tables:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/455576/asylum4-q2-2015-tabs.ods


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
13928
Session
2015-16
Subjects
Asylum Bristol
Link
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