Written Question·Home Office·UIN 71964
Asylum: Finance
Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 12 September 2025
Question
Ben Obese-Jecty
Conservative — Huntingdon
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 12 May 2025 to Question 49534 on Asylum: Finance, how many instances of Aspen card usage for purposes not within the parameters of the cards’ use have been recorded since 5 J
Answer
Alex NorrisAspen cards are issued only to the main applicants on claims for Asylum Support. Those on Section 95 support are able to withdraw cash and utilise chip and pin for transactions. Aspen cards for those on Section 4 can only be used for chip and pin payments...
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