{"title":"Cost figures (curated citations)","source":"National Audit Office reports (see per-row source)","sourceUrl":"https://www.nao.org.uk/","period":"various (per row)","asOf":"2026-08-10","licence":"https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/","columns":["id","label","value","unit","period","source","source_url","verbatim_quote"],"rows":[["asylum-support-2324","Asylum support spend, 2023-24",4.7,"GBP_bn","FY 2023-24","NAO, Investigation into asylum accommodation","https://www.nao.org.uk/reports/investigation-into-asylum-accommodation/","In the financial year to March 2024, the Home Office expects to spend £4.7 billion on asylum support, including £3.1 billion on hotels."],["hotels-2324","of which spent on hotels, 2023-24",3.1,"GBP_bn","FY 2023-24","NAO, Investigation into asylum accommodation","https://www.nao.org.uk/reports/investigation-into-asylum-accommodation/","In the financial year to March 2024, the Home Office expects to spend £4.7 billion on asylum support, including £3.1 billion on hotels."],["accommodated-dec-2023","People in Home Office accommodation, December 2023",106500,"count","December 2023","NAO, Investigation into asylum accommodation","https://www.nao.org.uk/reports/investigation-into-asylum-accommodation/","By December 2023, it was providing accommodation for around 106,500 people, including 45,800 in hotels."],["asylum-support-2425","Asylum support spend, 2024-25",4,"GBP_bn","FY 2024-25","NAO, An analysis of the asylum system (HC 1517, 10 December 2025)","https://www.nao.org.uk/reports/an-analysis-of-the-asylum-system/","The largest contributing element of the costs is direct spending on asylum support, on which the Home Office spent around £4.0 billion in 2024-25 (£4.7 billion in 2023-24)."],["total-asylum-spend-2425","Total Home Office and MoJ asylum spending, 2024-25",4.9,"GBP_bn","FY 2024-25","NAO, An analysis of the asylum system (HC 1517, 10 December 2025)","https://www.nao.org.uk/reports/an-analysis-of-the-asylum-system/","Based on actual costs, we estimate that the total Home Office and MoJ spending on asylum is around £4.9 billion for 2024-25."],["aasc-original-estimate","Asylum accommodation contracts — original 10-year estimate",4.5,"GBP_bn","2019–2029 contract term","NAO, The Home Office's asylum accommodation contracts (7 May 2025)","https://www.nao.org.uk/reports/the-home-offices-asylum-accommodation-contracts/","It originally estimated that the total contract cost would be £4.5 billion over 10 years. However, the current estimated total is £15.3 billion over the same period."],["aasc-current-estimate","Asylum accommodation contracts — current 10-year estimate",15.3,"GBP_bn","2019–2029 contract term","NAO, The Home Office's asylum accommodation contracts (7 May 2025)","https://www.nao.org.uk/reports/the-home-offices-asylum-accommodation-contracts/","It originally estimated that the total contract cost would be £4.5 billion over 10 years. However, the current estimated total is £15.3 billion over the same period."],["hotel-share-of-contract-cost","Hotels' share of asylum accommodation contract cost",76,"pct","first seven months of FY 2024-25","NAO, The Home Office's asylum accommodation contracts (7 May 2025, as corrected)","https://www.nao.org.uk/reports/the-home-offices-asylum-accommodation-contracts/","People accommodated in hotels account for around 35% of all people in asylum accommodation and for around 76% of the cost of the contracts (£1.3 billion out of an estimated £1.7 billion in the first seven months of 2024-25)."],["atrium-hotel-loss-2526","Atrium Hotel written off unused",22.9,"GBP_m","FY 2025-26","Home Office annual report and accounts 2025-26 (losses and special payments)","https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2025-to-2026","Atrium Hotel in Hounslow, London was procured in August 2025 on a 9-month contract to meet an expected surge in asylum demand that would have placed risk on the Manston processing site failing its legal operational standards. In the event a combination of operational efficiency initiatives and demand not meeting the anticipated levels meant the additional capacity was not required, this resulted in a constructive loss of £22.9 million."],["northeye-site-loss-2526","Northeye site written off",14.9,"GBP_m","FY 2025-26","Home Office annual report and accounts 2025-26 (losses and special payments)","https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2025-to-2026","Ex Ministry of Defence site Northeye, Bexhill in East Sussex was purchased for intended use as asylum seeker accommodation but was unable to be used due to excessive costs to remediate the site … The cost required to remedy the site ahead of making available for development has meant the Department did not recoup any of the outlay on the site resulting in a constructive loss of £14.9 million."]]}