Written Question·Home Office·UIN 33002

Asylum: Finance

Tabled: 24 February 2025

Answered: 3 March 2025

Question

Steve Barclay

Conservative — North East Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many top-up payments have been made to Asylum Support Enablement Cards in each week since 4 July 2024.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle

The Home Office has a legal obligation to meet the essential living needs of asylum seekers or dependents who appear to be destitute or are likely to become destitute within a prescribed period, while their asylum claim is being considered.Details of what...

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