Asylum: Exploitation
Commons · Question 93316 · Tabled 20 Nov 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Max Wilkinson
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her department's policy paper entitled Restoring Order and Control: A statement on the government’s asylum and returns policy, updated on 20 November 2025, what assessment has her de
Answer
Answered by Alex Norris, 25 Nov 2025
Asylum seekers are not eligible for mainstream benefits (such as universal credit) which are available to British citizens and other permanent residents. However, if they would otherwise be destitute, the Home Office currently has a legal duty to offer su...