United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 14340
Asylum: Payments
Introduced
16 February 2024
Last action
26 February 2024 · Answer
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Answered
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Asylum
Source updated
26 February 2024
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has made an assessment of the impact of weekly payments to asylum seekers in catered accommodation being under £10 on their ability to access cash.
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16 February 2024
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has made an assessment of the impact of weekly payments to asylum seekers in catered accommodation being under £10 on their ability to access cash.
Source: Commons
26 February 2024
Answer
The Home Office has a legal obligation to meet the essential living needs of destitute asylum seekers. Support is usually provided in the form of accommodation and a weekly allowance loaded onto a payment card called an Aspen card, which can be used to ma...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-02-16/14340
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1689441
- uk · wq-1689441 · source updated 26 February 2024