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FOI request (FOIR-769083756)
Destitute due to the family's immigration status
Requested Thu 27 November 2025
Responded Wed 10 December 2025On behalf of the Sky News communities team, and in the public interest under the freedom of information act, please could you provide the following information:
How many people have been assessed as “destitute due to the family’s immigration status” by the local authority after a failed asylum claim or leave to remain claim?
How much is the cost for housing those people?
How much are the monthly subsistence costs provided to those people?
Please could you provide this data for the past 5 years (2021 – 2025) broken down by year.
Response
Hastings Borough Council does not have responsibility for asylum seekers as this is the responsibility of the Home Office: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office
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