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date	08/07/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to commission an independent review of support rates paid to asylum applicants under section 95 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 before making changes to that level of support.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	6175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>Asylum seekers who are destitute are provided with accommodation and a cash allowance to cover their essential living needs. The level of the allowance is kept under regular review. If they are recognised as refugees they are able to claim mainstream benefits in the normal way.</p><p>The Government currently has no plans to establish an independent review of these arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 15/07/2015 15:27:56 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

388311

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will establish an independent review of the effectiveness of benefits and allowances available to refugees and asylum seekers in advance of changes being made to those measures.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
uin	5874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>Asylum seekers who are destitute are provided with accommodation and a cash allowance to cover their essential living needs. The level of the allowance is kept under regular review. If they are recognised as refugees they are able to claim mainstream benefits in the normal way.</p><p>The Government currently has no plans to establish an independent review of these arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 15/07/2015 15:24:01 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie