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Written question asked by David Linden (Scottish National Party) on Monday, 21 October 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 23 October 2019. It was answered by Victoria Atkins (Conservative) on Monday, 28 October 2019 on behalf of the Home Office.

Asylum: Glasgow East

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers are resident in Glasgow East constituency.

Answer

The Home Office publishes quarterly figures on the number of asylum seekers housed in dispersed accommodation, including under Section 95 and Section 4, by local authority in the Immigration Statistics release, in table as_16q and 17q in volume 4 of the Asylum data tables. These are available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2019/how-many-people-do-we-grant-asylum-or-protection-to

The figures can not be broken down into individual constituencies, however there were 3982 asylum seekers supported under section 95 accommodated in Glasgow in June 2019. There are additional asylum seekers housed in Glasgow and supported by section 4 support. Figures for section 4 support are only available for the United Kingdom (available in link above).

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
2927
Session
2019-19
Subjects
Asylum Glasgow East
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk