Question follow-through · 89495
Asylum: Children
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
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 11 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 17 Nov 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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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
11 Nov 2025
Question tabled
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
13 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Nov 2025
Answer published
The 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...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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