The UK government says its “one in, one out” scheme is costing about £56,000 for each person returned to France. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood tells MPs the figure is tied to individuals who are sent back under the arrangement.
Mahmood says the policy has been “difficult” to scale up and that the numbers involved remain relatively small, according to one report. Other coverage frames the disclosure as part of scrutiny by the home affairs select committee, with Mahmood defending the cost to taxpayers. She argues the expense is comparable to, or cheaper than, the alternative of housing someone in a hotel for around a year, while also indicating that operational scale has limited larger figures.
Overall, the outlets agree on the disclosed per-person cost and the context of parliamentary questioning, but they differ in emphasis: one focuses on the scheme’s difficulty expanding and its limited scale, while the other highlights the cost comparison used to justify value for money.
