A Bill to introduce a minimum period of 56 days after an asylum claim is determined before an asylum claim is considered to be determined for the purposes of ending asylum support; to make provision about the serving of documentation relevant to the ending of asylum support following an asylum determination; and connected purposes.
House of Lords
30 April 2026
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The bill would require a minimum 56-day period after an asylum claim is determined before support is ended, extending the current 28-day rule and allowing longer periods by regulation. It also mandates that the decision notice show when a claimant ceases to be supported and aligns this with existing immigration rules, with different parts starting at different times. During committee, peers discussed adding a biometric residence document requirement before the extended period starts and setting how the start date could be brought in by regulation, but these changes have faced opposition and were not advanced in committee so far.
The bill is in the Lords at Committee stage (2025-06-13). A Select Committee had previously reported no issues with the bill, but amendments tabled in committee proposed both delaying or blocking the extension and introducing biometric-document prerequisites; none of these amendments were moved forward in committee. The next stage will be Report Stage in the Lords, with further possible amendments.
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The 2024-26 session of Parliament has prorogued and this bill will make no further progress.
The Lords’ marshalling list shows amendments to the Asylum Support (Prescribed Period) Bill [HL] aimed at blocking the proposed extension of asylum support from 28 to 56 days (opposing Clauses 1 and 3). It also introduces a new clause requiring a biometric residence document to be in place before the extended period starts, and proposes changes to how and when the bill could come into force (including a potential trial period and regulation-based start date).
The amendment paper tables a new clause, 'Issuing of biometric residence document', which would delay the start of the prescribed asylum-support period until claimants have access to a biometric document that evidences leave to remain, in certain outcomes (acceptance, limited leave, or allowed appeal). It also proposes changes to Clause 4 to set when Section 1 comes into force by regulation (including a trial period) with a parliamentary annulment option, and to remove a reference in Clause 4.
The Committee found no issues to draw to the House in the Asylum Support (Prescribed Period) Bill [HL]. The main substance concerns the Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL], which it describes as skeleton legislation that would give Ministers broad, unfettered powers to regulate products and metrology, including creating criminal offences and repealing or replacing primary legislation, with insufficient justification or scrutiny. It recommends removing these powers (clauses 1–3, 5–6 and 9) or subjecting them to stronger scrutiny (likely an affirmative procedure) and demands a full explanation of what existing laws would be replaced; similar concerns are raised for the metrology provisions, while other private member’s Bills are not highlighted for scrutiny.
The bill amends the Asylum Support Regulations to set a minimum 56-day period for certain asylum-related determinations and notices (up from 28 days), with scope for longer periods under existing powers but not shorter than 56 where the rules apply. It also requires the decision notice to include the date on which a claimant ceases to be a supported person and aligns the notice period with the period prescribed under section 94(3) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999. Provisions come into force in stages (some on passage, others after three months) and the act may be cited as the Asylum Support (Prescribed Period) Act 2024.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
