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Who can get Section 95 asylum support?

For people with an open asylum claim who are destitute. Accommodation and/or a small weekly subsistence payment on an ASPEN card. Not Universal Credit. Not a set of mainstream benefits.

  • Paid by Home Office.
  • The catalogue looks for: Asylum claim still open.
  • The catalogue looks for: Destitute, or likely to become destitute.
  • The catalogue looks for: No access to mainstream public funds while the claim is open.
  • This is not a decision. The department or the council decides.

Home Office

Indicative only. Not advice. Confirm it on the official page before you rely on it.

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