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<p>The Home Office and its accommodation providers are working closely with Local
Authorities across the UK to secure the additional accommodation required to meet
our statutory duties toward asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute. Since
13 April 2022, all Local Authority areas in England, Scotland and Wales are expected
to participate in a new system of full dispersal accommodation. This Full Dispersal
model, announced on 13 April 2022 is supported by £21million of grant funding to ensure
eligible <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FLocal_Authorities&data=05%7C01%7CSteven.Howell2%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C61844886acbc4dd0b33808dace23fe7f%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638048951222807473%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Lef2FiodJEOK3j0%2FUh669zhMKF11rfv2YMz9TrOTh0M%3D&reserved=0"
target="_blank">Local Authorities</a> can provide wraparound support locally. Local
authorities will also receive £3,500 for each new dispersal accommodation bed space
in the 22/23 financial year.</p><p>The latest published Immigration Statistics detail
the number of asylum seekers accommodated in each local authority area. These statistics
can be found at Asylum and resettlement datasets - <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FGOV&data=05%7C01%7CSteven.Howell2%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C61844886acbc4dd0b33808dace23fe7f%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638048951222963682%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=qelh9mW7H72cxIWhES3NLQDbh%2BqSKOSPqaLn0PP7tgY%3D&reserved=0"
target="_blank">GOV</a>.<a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FUK&data=05%7C01%7CSteven.Howell2%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C61844886acbc4dd0b33808dace23fe7f%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638048951222963682%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=P05xqPhvg4nnzDSJL4tWdMCqI5Ugw7mBAS6khQ0fhDc%3D&reserved=0"
target="_blank">UK</a> (<a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2F&data=05%7C01%7CSteven.Howell2%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C61844886acbc4dd0b33808dace23fe7f%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638048951222963682%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=%2Bw9RqFXUkX1ijMebALR0dcks64F2ug1J1V7y9a5jCnw%3D&reserved=0"
target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>). Data is published on a quarterly basis, with the
latest information published 25 August 2022. The next quarterly figures are due to
be released later this month.</p>
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