Regulation 5 Provision of support
Subject to paragraph (2), support is to be provided by providing:
accommodation appearing to the local authority by whom it is provided to be adequate for the needs of the assisted person and his dependants (if any) (“accommodation”); and
what appear to the local authority by whom it is provided to be essential living needs of the assisted person and his dependants (if any) (“essential living needs”).
Where an assisted person’s household includes a child who is under 18 and a dependant of his, support is to be provided:
in accordance with paragraph (1);
by providing accommodation; or
by providing essential living needs.
Support is to be provided to enable the assisted person (if he is the asylum-seeker) to meet reasonable travel expenses incurred in attending:
a hearing of an appeal on his claim for asylum; or
an interview in connection with his claim for asylum which has been requested by the Secretary of State.
Where the circumstances of a particular case are exceptional, support is to be provided in such other ways as are necessary to enable the assisted person and his dependants (if any) to be supported.
Support provided by way of payments made (by whatever means) to the assisted person and his dependants (if any) is not to exceed £10 per person in any one week, unless:
the assisted person’s househdold includes a child who is under 18 and a dependant of his; or
the circumstances of a particular case are exceptional.
A local authority may provide support subject to conditions.
Such conditions are to be set out in writing.
A copy of the conditions is to be given to the assisted person.