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1628053

registered interest
date	16/05/2023
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, how her department calculates the weekly allowance received by asylum seekers on aspen cards.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	185182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2023 answer text <p>The level of the allowance given to those supported under section 95 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (“the 1999 Act”) is generally reviewed each year to ensure it meets an asylum seeker’s essential living needs. Reports on the reviews are published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/report-on-review-of-cash-allowance-paid-to-asylum-seekers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/report-on-review-of-cash-allowance-paid-to-asylum-seekers</a>.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 22/05/2023 14:18:28 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

1610411

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
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, with reference to page 96 of the Central Government Supply Estimates 2022-23: Supplementary Estimates, published on 21 February 2023, how the additional £1,614,856,000 for asylum support costs was spent.
tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
uin	180544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office does not routinely publish data breaking down the additional expenditure spent on asylum support or illegal migration.</p><p>Home Office expenditure is detailed in the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts, with the most recent Annual Report and Accounts for 2021 to 2022 published on 14 July 2022 and available at <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fhome-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2021-to-2022&amp;data=05%7C01%7CLucy.Hewins%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C9f883f2141a0432a946d08db418fa99e%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638175857495380565%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=tGOADADQc3DqCwsSTsryrOvdnwxuiw76rfEPhC7sNtU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2021-to-2022</a>.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 180547 180548 180549 question first answered 24/04/2023 16:54:45 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

1581557

registered interest
date	27/01/2023
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, when she plans to announce the outcome of the review into asylum support rates.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	134037
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office has a legal obligation to provide support to asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute. The support package provided usually consists of free, furnished accommodation (with utility bills and council tax paid) and a weekly cash allowance to meet other essential living needs.</p><p>From 21 December 2022 the government increased the main rate of asylum support that is provided under sections 4 and 95 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 to £45 per week on an interim basis whilst we complete the current annual review of the asylum support allowance.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 03/02/2023 17:15:41 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1580963

registered interest
date	25/01/2023
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what was the value of support given to asylum seekers each year through (1) the ASPEN card, and (2) its predecessors, over the past 20 years.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL5099
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 answer text <p>The value of financial support provided to asylum seekers is tabled as an annual amendment to the Asylum support Regulation 2000. Providing the complete information requested would exceed the word limit for responses to written parliamentary questions. However, the value of the support has been set in the Statutory Instruments which are publicly available below; links to them are provided, where available.</p><p>The Asylum Support Regulations 2003</p><p><a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/241/made#:~:text=These%20Regulations%2C%20which%20come%20into%20force%20on%203rd,the%20form%20of%20vouchers%20redeemable%20for%20cash.%20%281%29" target="_blank">The Asylum Support (Amendment) Regulations 2003 (legislation.gov.uk)</a></p><p>The Asylum Support Regulations 2004</p><p><a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/763/contents/made" target="_blank">The Asylum Support (Amendment) Regulations 2004 (legislation.gov.uk)</a></p><p>The Asylum Support Regulations 2005</p><p><a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/11/made" target="_blank">The Asylum Support (Amendment) Regulations 2005 (legislation.gov.uk)</a></p><p>The Asylum Support Regulations 2006</p><p><a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/733/contents/made" target="_blank">The Asylum Support (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (legislation.gov.uk)</a></p><p>The Asylum Support Regulations 2007</p><p><a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/863/contents/made" target="_blank">The Asylum Support (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (legislation.gov.uk)</a></p><p>The Asylum Support Regulations 2008</p><p><a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/760/made" target="_blank">The Asylum Support (Amendment) Regulations 2008 (legislation.gov.uk)</a></p><p>The Asylum Support Regulations 2009</p><p><a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/1388/contents/made#:~:text=The%20Asylum%20Support%20%28Amendment%29%20%28No.%202%29%20Regulations%202009,in%20respect%20of%20a%20person%E2%80%99s%20essential%20living%20needs." target="_blank">The Asylum Support (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2009 (legislation.gov.uk)</a></p><p>The Asylum Support Regulations 2010</p><p><a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/784/made#:~:text=The%20Asylum%20Support%20%28Amendment%29%20Regulations%202010%20Regulation%202,in%20respect%20of%20a%20person%E2%80%99s%20essential%20living%20needs." target="_blank">The Asylum Support (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (legislation.gov.uk)</a></p><p>The Asylum Support Regulations 2011</p><p><a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/907/made" target="_blank">The Asylum Support (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (legislation.gov.uk)</a></p><p>The Asylum Support Regulations 2012</p><p>Not available.</p><p>The Asylum Support Regulations 2013</p><p>Not available.</p><p>The Asylum Support Regulations 2014</p><p>Not available.</p><p>The Asylum Support Regulations 2015</p><p><a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1501/made" target="_blank">The Asylum Support (Amendment No. 3) Regulations 2015 (legislation.gov.uk)</a></p><p>The Asylum Support Regulations 2016</p><p>Not available.</p><p>The Asylum Support Regulations 2017</p><p>Not available</p><p>The Asylum Support Regulations 2018</p><p><a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/30/made#:~:text=These%20Regulations%20amend%20regulation%2010%20%282%29%20of%20the,asylum%20support%20is%20increased%20from%20%C2%A336.95%20to%20%C2%A337.75." target="_blank">The Asylum Support (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (legislation.gov.uk)</a></p><p>The Asylum Support Regulations 2019</p><p>Not available.</p><p>The Asylum Support Regulations 2020</p><p>Not available.</p><p>The Asylum Support Regulations 2021</p><p><a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/99/made" target="_blank">The Asylum Support (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (legislation.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 09/02/2023 13:52:37 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1551897

registered interest
date	14/12/2022
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Sharpe of Epsom on 24 October (HL2407), what estimate they have made of the number of people with British children who have applied for a change to their asylum status from a status with no recourse to public funds (NRPF) over the last five years.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Durham
uin	HL4280
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/01/2023 answer text <p>The requested information is not held as the NRPF policy for Group 2 refugees is not currently operational. From 28 June 2022, individuals with refugee permission to stay (Group 1 refugees) or temporary permission to stay (Group 2 refugees) currently have full access to the labour market as well as recourse to public funds. However, the conditions attached to permission to stay on a protection route may change at a later point.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 03/01/2023 16:17:20 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
tabling member	4312 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Durham

1547647

registered interest
date	02/12/2022
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, how many people have been in receipt of asylum support for more than one year in each of the last five calendar years.
tabling member constituency	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
tabling member printed	Yvette Cooper
uin	101694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on asylum seekers in receipt of support in the ‘<a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fimmigration-statistics-quarterly-release&amp;data=04%7C01%7CASCsecretariat%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cbbca91633d114e37808708d88c6e5d7d%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637413752926879168%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=yPtOfCFaR8mEFi%2BLnm2ErSaw%2BC%2BRiH7MHIxed9q5Afc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’. The latest publication (November 2022) can be found here <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-and-protection-data-q3-2022" target="_blank">Immigration and protection data: Q3 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a> under the document <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F1106097%2Fasylum-seekers-receipt-support-datasets-jun-2022-second-edition.xlsx&amp;data=05%7C01%7CRASI-BriefingCorrespondence%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C1a762e3f48824315a43108dabcffa61d%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638030103432447779%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=IkF2kUZrblrMRLfq%2FwNg%2FjHkui9Y3KmbYaLYgE561Hw%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Asylum seekers in receipt of support (opens in a new tab)</a> of the workbooks. Data are published on a quarterly basis. The latest information was published 24 November 2022.</p><p>The Home Office does not publish a breakdown of statistics which disaggregates the number of asylum seekers accommodated in specific types of accommodation, the duration of their receipt of support or the number at specific stages of the asylum process. These figures are not available in a reportable format and to provide the information could only be done at disproportionate cost.</p><p>Official statistics published by the Home Office are kept under review in line with the code of practice for statistics, taking into account a number of factors including user needs, as well as quality and availability of data.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 101695 question first answered 08/12/2022 16:54:12 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	420 label Biography information for Yvette Cooper

1547648

registered interest
date	02/12/2022
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, how many people are projected to be in receipt of asylum support for more than one year in financial years (a) 2022-23, (b) 2023-24, and (c) 2024-25.
tabling member constituency	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
tabling member printed	Yvette Cooper
uin	101695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on asylum seekers in receipt of support in the ‘<a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fimmigration-statistics-quarterly-release&amp;data=04%7C01%7CASCsecretariat%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cbbca91633d114e37808708d88c6e5d7d%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637413752926879168%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=yPtOfCFaR8mEFi%2BLnm2ErSaw%2BC%2BRiH7MHIxed9q5Afc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’. The latest publication (November 2022) can be found here <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-and-protection-data-q3-2022" target="_blank">Immigration and protection data: Q3 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a> under the document <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F1106097%2Fasylum-seekers-receipt-support-datasets-jun-2022-second-edition.xlsx&amp;data=05%7C01%7CRASI-BriefingCorrespondence%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C1a762e3f48824315a43108dabcffa61d%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638030103432447779%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=IkF2kUZrblrMRLfq%2FwNg%2FjHkui9Y3KmbYaLYgE561Hw%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Asylum seekers in receipt of support (opens in a new tab)</a> of the workbooks. Data are published on a quarterly basis. The latest information was published 24 November 2022.</p><p>The Home Office does not publish a breakdown of statistics which disaggregates the number of asylum seekers accommodated in specific types of accommodation, the duration of their receipt of support or the number at specific stages of the asylum process. These figures are not available in a reportable format and to provide the information could only be done at disproportionate cost.</p><p>Official statistics published by the Home Office are kept under review in line with the code of practice for statistics, taking into account a number of factors including user needs, as well as quality and availability of data.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 101694 question first answered 08/12/2022 16:54:12 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	420 label Biography information for Yvette Cooper

1547649

registered interest
date	02/12/2022
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, how much funding has been allocated by (a) her Department and (b) FCDO in departmental budgets for financial year 2022-23 to cover support costs for people in receipt of asylum support.
tabling member constituency	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
tabling member printed	Yvette Cooper
uin	101696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2022 answer text <p>The United Kingdom has a statutory obligation to provide destitute asylum seekers with accommodation and other support whilst their application for asylum is being considered.</p><p>The Departmental allocation for asylum support in 2022/23 main estimates was £1026m. This was funding provided directly by HM Treasury . We are in negotiations with HM Treasury through the supplementary estimates process regarding additional funding requirements. Funding allocations are based on the total asylum population, not how long individual asylum seekers have spent in the system.</p><p>FCDO is not allocated funding by HM Treasury for costs relating to asylum support in the UK and so has not allocated funding to cover such costs in 2022/23.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 101697 question first answered 08/12/2022 17:56:08 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	420 label Biography information for Yvette Cooper

1547650

registered interest
date	02/12/2022
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, how much funding has been allocated by (a) her Department and (b) FCDO in departmental budgets for financial year 2022-23 to cover support costs for people in receipt of asylum support for more than one year.
tabling member constituency	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
tabling member printed	Yvette Cooper
uin	101697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2022 answer text <p>The United Kingdom has a statutory obligation to provide destitute asylum seekers with accommodation and other support whilst their application for asylum is being considered.</p><p>The Departmental allocation for asylum support in 2022/23 main estimates was £1026m. This was funding provided directly by HM Treasury . We are in negotiations with HM Treasury through the supplementary estimates process regarding additional funding requirements. Funding allocations are based on the total asylum population, not how long individual asylum seekers have spent in the system.</p><p>FCDO is not allocated funding by HM Treasury for costs relating to asylum support in the UK and so has not allocated funding to cover such costs in 2022/23.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 101696 question first answered 08/12/2022 17:56:08 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	420 label Biography information for Yvette Cooper

1520156

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of people with British children who have applied for a change to their asylum status from a status with no recourse to public funds.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Durham
uin	HL2407
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>Individuals granted refugee permission to stay (Group 1 refugees) or temporary permission to stay (Group 2 refugees) currently have full access to the labour market, as well as recourse to public funds.</p><p>Section 12 of the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 permits differentiation on the basis of access to public funds. All our policies are kept under review and may be subject to change in the future.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom grouped question UIN HL2408 question first answered 24/10/2022 11:44:49 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	4312 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Durham