To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the number of times an asylum seeker who is a victim of domestic violence has lost access to financial support when the abusive partner, as the main applicant on their asylum claim, was moved from their shared premises in the latest period for which data is available; and if her Department will take steps to tackle this issue.
This answer is the replacement for a previous holding answer.
Answered on
21 November 2022
We do not hold this information in a reportable format and could only provide it by doing a manual trawl of records which could only be done at disproportionate cost.
Answered by
Home Office