Question follow-through · 47903
Asylum: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many ASPEN cards have been reported (a) lost and (b) stolen since 5 July 2024.
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 24 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 28 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 1 May 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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- Asylum: Maternity Payments · 28 Apr 2025
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Votes on this topic
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
24 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many ASPEN cards have been reported (a) lost and (b) stolen since 5 July 2024.
28 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
1 May 2025
Answer published
Aspen cards are issued only to the main applicants on claims for Asylum Support and can only be used for chip and pin payments. Asylum seekers are able to report any difficulties, including loss or theft of their Aspen card, by calling Migrant Help, avail...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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