Even by the Government's standards, their reputation for honest answers has sunk to a new low. The real cost to the taxpayer was sent from the Home Office to No. 10 Downing street in the same week as the parliamentary answer was given. Total asylum support costs £835 million. The covering memo from the Home Office states: this report is for internal information…lines to take for public use will be provided separately". Will the Prime Minister stop using the lines to take for public use", give the real internal information, and provide a straight answer to the people of this country?