The costs of our broken asylum system are at a 20-year record high, currently costing the UK taxpayer over £2 billion a year. This cannot continue \u2013 and the partnership with Rwanda is a key part of our plans to reform the system and put an end to unsustainable costs which impact the taxpayer.<\/p>
The UK has provided Rwanda with an initial investment of £120m as part of the Migration and Economic Development Partnership. The UK will also be funding the processing costs for each person relocated, such as caseworkers, legal advice, translators, accommodation, food, healthcare, and for those granted protection, a comprehensive integration package to help them put down roots and start a new life. The UK has also made a £20m upfront payment to the Government of Rwanda to support initial set up costs.<\/p>
The timing and scale of future payments will depend on the numbers of people relocated, and the outcomes of individual cases. Actual spend will be reported as part of the annual Home Office Reports and Accounts in the usual way.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4320", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Robert Jenrick"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Newark"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Robert Jenrick"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2022-11-14", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2022-11-14T17:37:58.8Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2022-11-08", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Asylum: Rwanda"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the estimated cost to the public purse will be of the Migration and Economic Development Partnership with Rwanda in the (a) 2022-23 financial year and (b) next five years of the partnership.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/163", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "East Ham"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Sir Stephen Timms"} ], "uin" : "82154"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1540585", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1540585/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
Due to the continuing unprecedented high volume of small boats arrivals and the historical pressure from COVID-19 measures on the asylum system it has been necessary to continue to use hotels to accommodate some asylum seekers to meet our immediate statutory need.<\/p>
<\/p>
The precise number of hotel spaces available will fluctuate through each day, therefore it is not possible to advise how many accommodation spaces were available to asylum seekers on each day since 5 September 2022.<\/p>
<\/p>
Under the Asylum Accommodation and Support Services Contracts (AASC), three accommodation providers have been contracted to procure and provide hotel accommodation for asylum seekers; Clearsprings Ready Homes, Mears Group and Serco.<\/p>
The contracts have been awarded on a regional basis as follows.<\/p>
<\/p>
Accommodation costs are considered to be commercially confidential, therefore the Home Office does not publish this information. However, total expenditure on asylum is published in the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts, available at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ho-annual-reports-and-accounts<\/a><\/p>"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1540590/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Home Office publishes statistics on small boat arrivals to the UK in the \u2018Irregular Migration to the UK statistics<\/a>\u2019 report. Data on small boat arrivals by year are published in table Irr_01 of the \u2018Irregular migration to the UK data tables<\/a>\u2019 with the latest data up to the end of June 2022. Future irregular migration publication release dates can be found on the research and statistics calendar<\/a>.<\/p> The statistics presented in the Irregular Migration release relate to the number of people recorded being detected on, or shortly after, arrival to the UK on various routes (flow). They do not provide an indication of the total number of people currently in the UK who have entered the UK via irregular routes.<\/p> The Home Office also publishes statistics on the following topics, in the \u2018Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release<\/a>\u2019:<\/p> The number of people entering detention each quarter are in table Det_D01 of the \u2018Detention detailed datasets<\/a>\u2019, where the data can be broken down by first place of detention. The number of people in detention at the end of each quarter are in table Det_D02 of the \u2018Detention detailed datasets<\/a>\u2019, where the data can be broken down by current place of detention. The number of people leaving detention each quarter are in table Det_D03 of the \u2018Detention detailed datasets<\/a>\u2019, where the data can be broken down by reason for leaving detention, including being bailed. The latest data relate to the end of June 2022. Data up to the end of September will be published on 24 November 2022<\/p> Please note, the data are for all people entering, in and leaving detention, not just people who arrived in the UK via small boats.<\/p> The latest data on returns from the UK, broken down by type of return including enforced returns and voluntary returns, are published in table Ret_D01 of the \u2018Returns detailed datasets<\/a>\u2019, where the data can be broken down by return destination group (including Home country) and nationality (which may differ from country of origin). The latest data go up to the end of March 2022. Data up to the end of June 2022 will be published on 24 November 2022.<\/p> Please note the data are for all people returned from the UK, not just people who arrived in the UK via small boats.<\/p> Data on voluntary returns are subject to upward revision, so comparisons over time should be made with caution. In some cases, individuals who have been told to leave the UK will not notify the Home Office of their departure from the UK. In such cases, it can take some time for the Home Office to become aware of such a departure and update the system. As a result, data for more recent periods will initially undercount the total number of returns. \u2018Other verified returns\u2019 are particularly affected by this.<\/p> <\/p>