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<p>The National Asylum Support Service was disbanded in 2006. Asylum support is now
managed through regional asylum teams. <br><br>Support may be provided under section
95 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 to asylum seekers who would otherwise be
destitute until their asylum claim is determined. Section 95 support can be provided
as both accommodation and subsistence, or accommodation or subsistence only.<br><br>The
numbers of asylum seekers in receipt of support are available broken down by Local
Authority. The following table shows the number of asylum seekers in receipt of Section
95 support in Peterborough Local Authority as at the end of each quarter since the
end of March 2010 to June 2014.<br><br>The numbers of asylum seekers in receipt of
section 95 support, broken down by Local Authority, are published on a quarterly basis
by the Home Office in Table as_16_q of the Immigration Statistics release .The copy
of the latest publication (Immigration statistics, April to June 2014 ) is available
on the Gov.UK website:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release</a>.</p><p>
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