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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.
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
|
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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
|
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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
|
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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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