Statutory Instruments
2002 No. 472
IMMIGRATION
The Asylum Support (Amendment) Regulations 2002
Made
2nd March 2002
Laid before Parliament
6th March 2002
Coming into force
8th April 2002
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 94(3) and 166(3) of, and paragraphs 3(a) and 4 of Schedule 8 to, the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999( 1 ), and having regard to the definition of “prescribed” in section 167(1) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Asylum Support (Amendment) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 8th April 2002.
Interpretation
2. In these Regulations “the 2000 Regulations” means the Asylum Support Regulations 2000( 2 ).
Prescribed period under section 94(3) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
3. For regulation 2(2) of the 2000 Regulations (interpretation) substitute:
“ (2) The period prescribed under section 94(3) of the Act (day on which a claim for asylum is determined) for the purposes of Part VI of the Act is 28 days where paragraph (2A) applies, and 21 days in any other case.
(2A) This paragraph applies where:
(a) the Secretary of State notifies the claimant that his decision is to accept the asylum claim;
(b) the Secretary of State notifies the claimant that his decision is to reject the asylum claim but at the same time notifies him that he is giving him limited leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom; or
(c) an appeal by the claimant against the Secretary of State’s decision has been disposed of by being allowed. ” .
Kind and levels of support for essential living needs
4. —(1) For regulation 10(2) of the 2000 Regulations (kind and levels of support for essential living needs) there is substituted:
“ (2) As a general rule, asylum support in respect of the essential living needs of that person may be expected to be provided weekly in the form of vouchers redeemable for cash whose total redemption value, for any week, equals the amount shown in the second column of the following Table opposite the entry in the first column which for the time being describes that person, or a cash payment of that amount.
TABLE
| Qualifying couple | £59.26 |
| Lone parent aged 18 or over | £37.77 |
| Single person aged 25 or over | £37.77 |
| Single person aged at least 18 but under 25 | £29.89 |
Person aged at least 16 but under 18 (except a member of a qualifying couple) | £32.50 |
| Person aged under 16 | £33.50. ” |
(2) Regulation 10(6) of the 2000 Regulations is hereby revoked.
(3) At the end of regulation 11(1) of the 2000 Regulations, add “or a single cash payment of £50”.
Jeff Rooker
Minister of State
Home Office
2nd March 2002
S.I. 2000/704 .