United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 93317
Asylum: Local Government Services
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20 November 2025
Last action
25 November 2025 · Answer
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Answered
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Asylum
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25 November 2025
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of supporting work asylum seekers who do not qualify for benefits on local authority spending.
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20 November 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of supporting work asylum seekers who do not qualify for benefits on local authority spending.
Source: Commons
25 November 2025
Answer
Asylum seekers are not eligible for mainstream benefits (such as universal credit) which are available to British citizens and other permanent residents. However, if they would otherwise be destitute, the Home Office currently has a legal duty to offer su...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-11-20/93317
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1855332
- uk · wq-1855332 · source updated 25 November 2025