questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether additional funding is provided to police forces that receive safeguarding disclosures from asylum seekers relating to alleged criminal incidents prior to arrival.
answerText: The government sets police budgets at the annual police funding settlement. The 2026–27 final police funding settlement provides up to £21.0 billion for the policing system in England and Wales. This is an increase of up to £1.4 billion compared with the ...
heading: Asylum: Crime