Increase in Asylum Support Weekly Cash Allowance
Validated finding · five-country-2010-20260922-v118-evidence-presentation-fix
Policy effect
The Asylum Support (Amendment) Regulations 2021 increased the weekly cash allowance for essential living needs of qualified asylum seekers from £37.75 to £39.63.
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… needs 2.—(1) Regulation 10 of the Asylum Support Regulations 2000(b) (kind and levels of support for essential living needs) is amended as follows. (2) In paragraph (2) for “£37.75” substitute “£39.63”. Chris Philp Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 28th January 2021 Home Office EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Regulations) These Regulations amend regulation 10(2) of the Asylum Support Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/704) to provide that the weekly cash payment which may be made by the Secretary of State in respect of the essential living needs of persons to whom the Secretary of State has decided to provide asylum support is increased from £37.75 to £39.63. An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private and voluntary sector is foreseen. (a) 1999 c. 33. The meaning of “prescribed” is set out in section 167(1). (b) S.I. 2000/704; amended by S.I. 2018/30. There are other amendments, but none are relevant. © Crown copyright 2021 Printed and published in the UK by The Stationery Office Limited under the authority and superintendence of Jeff James, Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office and Queen’s Printer of Acts of Parliament …
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