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Asylum Seekers Dispersal Programme

Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department to which local authorities asylum seekers were dispersed to in 2006 under the asylum seekers dispersal programme; and how many asylum seekers were dispersed to each local authority in the programme. [163148]

Mr. Byrne: The following table shows the local authorities that asylum seekers were dispersed to as at the end of December 2006 under the asylum seekers dispersal programme; and how many asylum seekers were dispersed to each local authority in the programme.

The numbers of asylum seekers in receipt of support, broken down by Government office region and local authority, are published on a quarterly and annual basis. Copies of these publications are available on the Home Office Research, Development and Statistics website at:

Further breakdowns of those in receipt of support, by parliamentary constituency, are also available from the Library of the House.


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Asylum seekers supported in dispersed accommodation( 1,2,3) by local authority and UK Government office region, as at the end of December 2006
Number of applicants (including dependants)
Region Local authority( 4) Dispersed Disbenefited( 5) Total

England

North East

Darlington

40

40

Gateshead

365

365

Hartlepool

5

5

Middlesbrough

605

605

Newcastle upon Tyne

1,245

1,245

North Tyneside

215

215

Redcar and Cleveland

100

100

South Tyneside

140

140

Stockton-on-Tees

360

360

Sunderland

280

280

Total

3,360

3,360

North West

Blackburn with Darwen

495

495

Bolton

545

545

Bury

510

510

Hyndburn

10

10

Liverpool

810

810

Macclesfield

10

10

Manchester

1,355

1,355

Oldham

480

480

Rochdale

405

405

Salford

945

945

Sefton

15

15

Stockport

165

165

Tameside

235

235

Trafford

30

30

Wigan

510

510

Total

6,515

6,515

Yorkshire and the Humber

Barnsley

525

525

Bradford

740

740

Calderdale

235

235

Doncaster

665

665

Kingston upon Hull

455

455

Kirklees

790

790

Leeds

2,035

5

2,040

North East Lincolnshire

50

50

Rotherham

780

780

Sheffield

1,060

1,060

Wakefield

400

400

Total

7,745

5

7,750

East Midlands

Blaby

5

5

Broxtowe

5

5

Derby

425

425

Gedling

15

15

Leicester

695

695

Nottingham

1,110

1,110

Rushcliffe

5

5

Total

2,255

2,255

West Midlands

Birmingham

1,835

1,835

Coventry

795

795

Dudley

655

655

Newcastle-under-Lyme

30

30

Sandwell

425

425

Solihull

5

5

Stoke-on-Trent

685

685

Walsall

160

160

Wolverhampton

805

805

Total

5,395

5,395

East of England

Broadland

5

5

Colchester

*

*

Epping Forest

25

25

Hertsmere

5

5

Ipswich

10

10

Luton

40

5

45

Norwich

150

150

Peterborough

205

205

Southend-on-Sea

5

5

Tendring

5

5

Watford

5

5

Total

450

5

455

Greater London

Barking and Dagenham

55

55

Barnet

15

15

Bexley

5

5

Brent

5

5

Bromley

10

10

Camden

*

*

Croydon

55

5

55

Ealing

15

15

Enfield

225

10

235

Greenwich

*

*

Hackney

70

5

70

Hammersmith and Fulham

5

5

5

Haringey

370

370

Harrow

15

10

25

Havering

5

5

Hillingdon

25

25

Hounslow

55

55

Islington

40

*

45

Kingston upon Thames

5

5

Lambeth

80

5

85

Lewisham

25

25

Merton

15

15

Newham

50

*

55

Redbridge

90

5

95

Richmond upon Thames

5

5

Southwark

15

15

Sutton

5

5

Tower Hamlets

10

10

Waltham Forest

45

5

50

Wandsworth

10

10

Total

1,325

50

1,370

South East

Brighton and Hove

20

20

Canterbury

5

5

Dartford

5

5

Hastings

65

65

Oxford

5

5

Portsmouth

410

410

Reading

5

5

Southampton

5

5

Total

520

520

South Wes t

Bristol

370

370

Gloucester

125

125

Plymouth

365

365

South Gloucestershire

70

70

Swindon

170

170

Total

1,105

1,105

Total (England)

28,665

60

28,725

Wales

Cardiff

1,175

1,175

Newport

440

440

Swansea

865

865

Wrexham

45

45

Total

2,525

2,525

Scotland

Glasgow City

5,010

5,010

Total

5,010

5,010

Ireland

Belfast

160

160

Coleraine

*

*

Lisburn

5

5

Total

165

165

Total (United Kingdom)

36,365

60

36,420

(1) Provisional figures (other than percentages) rounded to the nearest 5 with * = 1 or 2.
(2) Excludes unaccompanied asylum seeking children supported by local authorities, estimated around 5,700 in September 2006. Excludes cases that pre-date the establishment of the asylum support system in April 2000, administered by local authorities under the interim provisions, estimated at up to 50 cases in December 2006.
(3) Excludes those in initial accommodation, 1,525 as at the end of December 2006.
(4) Only those local authorities where dispersed or disbenefited cases are resident are shown.
(5 )Disbenefited cases are cases which were previously supported under the main UK benefits system and have been moved onto asylum support. Some of these cases have remained in the original social services accommodation.

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