To ask His Majesty's Government what was the value of support given to asylum seekers each year through (1) the ASPEN card, and (2) its predecessors, over the past 20 years.
Answered on
9 February 2023
The value of financial support provided to asylum seekers is tabled as an annual amendment to the Asylum support Regulation 2000. Providing the complete information requested would exceed the word limit for responses to written parliamentary questions. However, the value of the support has been set in the Statutory Instruments which are publicly available below; links to them are provided, where available.
The Asylum Support Regulations 2003
The Asylum Support (Amendment) Regulations 2003 (legislation.gov.uk)
The Asylum Support Regulations 2004
The Asylum Support (Amendment) Regulations 2004 (legislation.gov.uk)
The Asylum Support Regulations 2005
The Asylum Support (Amendment) Regulations 2005 (legislation.gov.uk)
The Asylum Support Regulations 2006
The Asylum Support (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (legislation.gov.uk)
The Asylum Support Regulations 2007
The Asylum Support (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (legislation.gov.uk)
The Asylum Support Regulations 2008
The Asylum Support (Amendment) Regulations 2008 (legislation.gov.uk)
The Asylum Support Regulations 2009
The Asylum Support (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2009 (legislation.gov.uk)
The Asylum Support Regulations 2010
The Asylum Support (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (legislation.gov.uk)
The Asylum Support Regulations 2011
The Asylum Support (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (legislation.gov.uk)
The Asylum Support Regulations 2012
Not available.
The Asylum Support Regulations 2013
Not available.
The Asylum Support Regulations 2014
Not available.
The Asylum Support Regulations 2015
The Asylum Support (Amendment No. 3) Regulations 2015 (legislation.gov.uk)
The Asylum Support Regulations 2016
Not available.
The Asylum Support Regulations 2017
Not available
The Asylum Support Regulations 2018
The Asylum Support (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (legislation.gov.uk)
The Asylum Support Regulations 2019
Not available.
The Asylum Support Regulations 2020
Not available.
The Asylum Support Regulations 2021
The Asylum Support (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (legislation.gov.uk)