{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/asylum-support-regulations-2000/regulation-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/asylum-support-regulations-2000/regulation-10.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2000/704",
  "legislation_title": "The Asylum Support Regulations 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/asylum-support-regulations-2000",
  "path": "regulation/10",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Kind and levels of support for essential living needs",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies where the Secretary of State has decided that asylum support should be provided in respect of the essential living needs of a person.\n(2) As a general rule, asylum support in respect of the essential living needs of that person may be expected to be provided weekly in the form of a cash payment of £49.18.\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3A) For the purposes of paragraph (1), a decision to grant support is made on the date recorded on the letter granting asylum support to the applicant.\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(5) Where the Secretary of State has decided that accommodation should be provided for a person ... by way of asylum support, and the accommodation is provided in a form which also meets other essential living needs (such as bed and breakfast, or half or full board), the amount specified in paragraph (2) shall be treated as reduced accordingly.\n(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 10(2) substituted (10.8.2015) by The Asylum Support (Amendment No. 3) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1501), regs. 1, 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sum in reg. 10(2) substituted (15.1.2024) by The Asylum Support (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1372), regs. 1(2), 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Reg. 10(3) omitted (10.8.2015) by virtue of The Asylum Support (Amendment No. 3) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1501), regs. 1, 2(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Reg. 10(3A) inserted (6.7.2009) by The Asylum Support (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1388), regs. 1, 2(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in reg. 10(3A) substituted (10.8.2015) by The Asylum Support (Amendment No. 3) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1501), regs. 1, 2(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Reg. 10(4) omitted (10.8.2015) by virtue of The Asylum Support (Amendment No. 3) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1501), regs. 1, 2(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in reg. 10(5) omitted (10.8.2015) by virtue of The Asylum Support (Amendment No. 3) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1501), regs. 1, 2(6)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in reg. 10(5) substituted (10.8.2015) by The Asylum Support (Amendment No. 3) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1501), regs. 1, 2(6)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Reg. 10(6) revoked (8.4.2002) by The Asylum Support (Amendment) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/472), regs. 1, 4(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 10 in force at 3.4.2000, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/704/regulation/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:18:07.088889+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}