A Bill to amend the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 to require the Secretary of State to review levels of asylum support annually; to require him to lay before Parliament a draft up-rating order to increase levels of asylum support in line with changes made to mainstream benefits in years when the general level of prices has increased during the previous 12 month period; to replace support provided by the voucher system under subsections (10) and (11) of section 4 of the Act with a single, cash-based support system; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
26 April 2013
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This bill would reform how asylum support is provided. It would require the government to regularly review the level of asylum support, publish a draft order to uprate those levels when prices have risen and mainstream benefit upratings apply, and swap the current voucher system for asylum support with a single cash-based system, among related changes.
The bill is at the second reading stage in the House of Commons. It originated in the Commons, with the first reading on 23 April 2013.
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23 Apr 2013
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