Explained
The latest cost of asylum support per month figure from Home Office annual report and accounts, with its period, release dates and full source link.
The live figure
Irregular immigration & cost
Financial year 2024-25
14 months old · Annual, published each summer with the departmental accounts
Covers: Financial year 2024-25 (1 Apr 2024 to 31 Mar 2025)
Unknown from 01 Apr 2025 · published 01 Aug 2025
Cost of asylum support per month — Derived from the published 2024-25 outturn of £4.51bn — monthly rate. The figure is published by Home Office annual report and accounts and covers Financial year 2024-25.
Home Office annual report and accounts publishes this annual, published each summer with the departmental accounts. UKStats shows the figure exactly as published and never estimates values between releases.
Derived figure, not published as such. The Home Office publishes only the annual outturn (Asylum & Protection + Asylum Support, Resettlement and Accommodation); this card divides that published total. No spend after 31 Mar 2025 is published yet.
Published annual outturn £4.51bn for 2024-25, divided to a monthly rate
Methodology
Home Office annual report and accounts — original publicationUKStats reproduces the published figure exactly; the publisher's own methodology notes are the authoritative description of how it is compiled.
Cite this figure
Home Office annual report and accounts, "Cost of asylum support per month", Financial year 2024-25. Via UKStats (ukstats.co.uk/explained/uk-irregular-cost-month), accessed 12 October 2026. Original: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2024-to-2025Embed this figure
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