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Statutory Instruments
Immigration
Made
23rd March 2011
Laid before Parliament
24th March 2011
Coming into force
18th April 2011
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 166(3) of, and paragraphs 1 and 3(a) of Schedule 8 to, the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999(1), makes the following Regulations:
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Asylum Support (Amendment) Regulations 2011 and shall come into force on 18th April 2011.
2. For the table at regulation 10(2) of the Asylum Support Regulations 2000(2) substitute -
| Qualifying couple | £72.52 |
| Lone parent aged 18 or over | £43.94 |
| Single person aged 25 or over (where the decision to grant support was made prior to 5th October 2009 and the person reached age 25 prior to that date) | £42.62 |
| Any other single person aged 18 or over | £36.62 |
| Person aged at least 16 but under 18 (except a member of a qualifying couple) | £39.80 |
| Person aged under 16 | £52.96". |
3. The Asylum Support (Amendment) Regulations 2010 are revoked.
Damian Green
Minister of State
Home Office
23rd March 2011
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
Regulation 2 amends regulation 10(2) of the Asylum Support Regulations 2000 by increasing the cash amounts payable, as a general rule, in respect of a person's essential living needs. These changes take effect from 18th April 2011 and on that date the Asylum Support (Amendment) Regulations 2010, which set out the amounts previously payable, are revoked.
A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sector is foreseen.
S.I. 2000/704: regulation 10(2) was substituted by regulation 4 of the Asylum Support (Amendment) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/472) and amended by regulation 2 of the Asylum Support (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/2169), regulation 2 of the Asylum Support (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/755), regulation 2 of the Asylum Support (Amendment) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/763), regulation 2 of the Asylum Support (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1313), regulation 2 of the Asylum Support (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/738), regulation 2 of the Asylum Support (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/733), regulation 3 of the Asylum Support (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/863), regulation 2 of the Asylum Support (Amendment) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/760), regulation 2 of the Asylum Support (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1388) and regulation 2 of the Asylum Support (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/784).
