Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the rates of financial assistance provided through asylum support.

The most recent assessment of the adequacy of the asylum support rates is set out in a report published in March 2018, which can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/report-on-review-of-cash-allowance-paid-to-asylum-seekers.

We are currently undertaking a further review of the rates and have consulted key stakeholders in the normal way.

The consultation period has now ended and a decision on whether the rates should change will be made shortly.