Written Question·Home Office·UIN 89495
Asylum: Children
Tabled: 11 November 2025
Answered: 17 November 2025
Question
Richard Burgon
Labour — Leeds East
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of asylum support rates on child poverty among families seeking asylum; and whether she has shared this assessment with the Secretary of
Answer
Alex NorrisThe Home Office has a legal obligation to meet the essential living needs of destitute asylum seekers. We meet this obligation by providing accommodation and a weekly allowance. The level of the allowance given is reviewed each year to ensure it remains s...
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