Written Question·Home Office·UIN 83056

Asylum: Finance

Tabled: 17 October 2025

Answered: 28 October 2025

Question

Ben Obese-Jecty

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2025 to Question 71964 on Asylum: Finance, what criteria qualifies a person for (a) Section 4 and (b) Section 95 Asylum Support.

Answer

Alex Norris

Asylum seekers and their dependents who would otherwise be destitute can obtain support under section 95 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999. The destitution threshold is the minimum an individual needs to enable them to obtain adequate accommodation a...

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