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date	03/09/2018
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, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the rates of financial assistance provided through asylum support.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	169325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2018 answer text <p>The most recent assessment of the adequacy of the asylum support rates is set out in a report published in March 2018, which can be found at: <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><p>We are currently undertaking a further review of the rates and have consulted key stakeholders in the normal way.</p><p>The consultation period has now ended and a decision on whether the rates should change will be made shortly.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 06/09/2018 15:30:16 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

964489

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
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, whether he has plans to extend the length of time that newly recognised refugees can continue to claim asylum support after a decision to grant leave to remain.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	169326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>Newly recognised refugees can continue to claim asylum support for a further 28 days after the grant of their status. There are no plans to extend this period.</p><p>The grant of refugee status means refugees are eligible to apply for mainstream benefits. If they would like assistance with the application an early appointment at a local job centre is arranged for them. This process is designed to ensure that refugees receive the first payment of any benefit they are entitled to before the 28 days period expires, either by full payment of the benefit or through an advance payment.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 11/09/2018 12:55:59 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

944077

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
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, what emergency measures his Department has put in place whose application for asylum seekers for asylum support and whose application has been affected by ATLAS IT failures to ensure that such asylum seekers are not left destitute.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	165712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2018 answer text <p>This government is committed to ensuring asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute are supported while applications are considered. Any asylum seeker who encounters issues with their support may contact Migrant Help free of charge for assistance and immediate access to interim support can be provided where eligibility has been confirmed. We continue to work closely with our IT and commercial partners and other stakeholders to resolve the issues that have recently affected a minority of service users following the introduction of the new system, to ensure that that no service users are left destitute.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 27/07/2018 13:56:50 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

942037

registered interest
date	16/07/2018
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 Her Majesty's Government how long it takes for an asylum seeker to receive a decision on their application for section 4 support under the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999; if successful in their application, how soon they should receive that support; and what is the average time taken (1) to decide an application for section 4 support, and (2) for payment to be made.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL9551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office has a range of measures for processing asylum support applications depending on the nature of the application being made. Access to accommodation and subsistence payments is provided once suitable accommodation is sourced and eligibility confirmed. Currently information on processing times is not recorded in a format suitable for publication and there are no plans to publish such statistics at this time.</p><p>The Home Office is continuing to work with the National Asylum Stakeholder Forum to consider what further information could be made publicly available once the new IT system for asylum support casework has been fully implemented later this year.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 23/07/2018 12:47:29 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett