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<p>Serco have bought no properties in Wigan as fulfilment of their contractual obligations
with regard to accommodation demand is met entirely through the private rented sector.</p><p>The
Home Office publishes quarterly data on the number of asylum seekers in Section 95
dispersal accommodation, by local authority. As part of the regional dispersal policy
established in 2000, the advisory cluster limits set by the Home Office of 1 asylum
seeker for every 200 of the settled population, apply to local authority area only.
Data regarding the precise locations of asylum applicants cannot be provided at ward
or constituency level as to do so would incur disproportionate costs and be precluded
by the provisions of the Data Protection Act, given that individuals could reasonably
be identified by such data.</p><p>In Q3 2015 there were 664 in dispersed accommodation
in Wigan (Asylum Vol 4. Table 16q).</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-july-to-september-2015/asylum</p>
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